1. Johann Schwarzhuber was a Nazi German SS-Obersturmfuhrer, who was in charge of various concentration subcamps during World War II.
10 Facts About Johann Schwarzhuber
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Johann Schwarzhuber's positions included the Schutzhaftlagerfuhrer of the Auschwitz-Birkenau men's camp, where he oversaw the selection process for the gassing of thousands of detainees.
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Johann Schwarzhuber was later transferred to the Ravensbruck concentration camp, where he held the post of the Lagerdirektor, second only to the overall camp commander Fritz Suhren.
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Johann Schwarzhuber was born on 29 August 1904 in Tutzing, at this time part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in the German Empire.
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Johann Schwarzhuber trained as a printer and married his wife in 1936, with whom he fathered two children.
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In September 1941 Johann Schwarzhuber was again reassigned and moved to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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Johann Schwarzhuber was regularly drunk at work and built up relationships with some of the Kapos.
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In Ravensbruck, Johann Schwarzhuber was directly responsible for the women's camp.
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The killings were so cruel, that several camp deputies refused to oversee the murders until Johann Schwarzhuber took over and the executions proceeded uneventfully.
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Johann Schwarzhuber pleaded 'not guilty' and claimed to have attended only one mass execution in the camp, when 150 women were gassed at once in the chamber.