1. Siegfried Seidl was an Austrian career officer and World War II commandant of the Theresienstadt concentration camp located in the present-day Czech Republic.
19 Facts About Siegfried Seidl
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Siegfried Seidl was the commandant of the Bergen-Belsen, and later served as a staff officer to Adolf Eichmann.
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Siegfried Seidl was born in Tulln an der Donau, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Lower Austria.
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From 1935 until 1938, Siegfried Seidl studied history and German studies at the University of Vienna.
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On 2 March 1939 Siegfried Seidl married Elisabeth Stieber, a former teacher in a kindergarten.
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Siegfried Seidl was a member of the NSDAP and its NS-Frauenschaft, and supporting member of the SS.
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On 15 October 1930 Siegfried Seidl joined the Nazi Party.
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In late 1939, Siegfried Seidl was called into the police as a result of his SS membership.
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On 30 October 1941, Siegfried Seidl was put on charge by Adolf Eichmann with establishing the Theresienstadt ghetto and concentration camp, Czechoslovakia.
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Siegfried Seidl was responsible for thousands of people being ill-treated and murdered.
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On orders of Eichmann, Siegfried Seidl was on 3 July 1943 reassigned as Commandant of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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Siegfried Seidl was succeeded at Theresienstadt by SS-Obersturmfuhrer Anton Burger.
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In March 1944 Siegfried Seidl met with the Wehrmacht in Budapest, where he joined the 5th Einsatzgruppe SS paramilitary death squad.
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In July 1944, when the deportation of the Jews of Hungary was finished, Siegfried Seidl was appointed as acting leader of the SS Special Deployment Command, Outpost Vienna.
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Siegfried Seidl was sent back to Austrian custody on 3 June 1946.
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Austrian officials refused, explaining that many of Siegfried Seidl's victims had been Austrian Jews.
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In October 1946, Siegfried Seidl tried by the Volksgericht for 16 counts of murder related to the executions and other charges.
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Siegfried Seidl was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of high treason and crimes against humanity during his leadership position at Theresienstadt.
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Siegfried Seidl was sentenced to death and ordered to forfeit all of his property.