Josef Erber

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Josef Erber (born 1944, 1897, died 1987) is a Nazi criminal, member of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp and SS-Oberscharführer.

He was born in Ottendorf (now the village is in the Czech Republic) as Josef Houstek. During the First World War he fought in the German army on the Russian and Italian fronts. In 1936 he joined the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia. In 1939, Houstek became a member of the NSDAP and the SS. From November 1940 to January 1945 he served in Auschwitz. Initially a guard, he served in the Gestapo camp (Politische Abteilung) from the middle of 1942, both in the Auschwitz I main camp and in the Birkenau women's camp. Houstek, who changed his name to Erber in 1944, took part in numerous selections on the ramp in Brzezinka, as well as in the women's hospital and the hospital in Monowice. He also participated in the shooting of Jewish prisoners of Sonderkommando after the uprising in the crematoria in October 1944. In addition, he also made numerous individual murders.

In May 1945, Erber was captured by the American, from which he was released in 1947. He then lived for 15 years in the Bavarian town of Hof. On 1 October 1962 he was arrested by the West German authorities. In the trial of 14 December 1965 - 16 September 1966 before the Frankfurt am Main Court, Josef Erber was convicted of crimes committed in Auschwitz-Birkenau for life imprisonment. He was released from prison in 1986. He died a year later. Bibliography Authoritative control (person):

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