12 Facts About Werner Braune

Karl Rudolf Werner Braune was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and a Holocaust perpetrator.

Werner Braune was convicted, sentenced to death and executed in 1951.

Werner Braune attended a type of German school known as a Gymnasium and graduated in 1929 with a diploma known as an abitur.

Werner Braune then studied jurisprudence at the universities of Jena, Bonn, and Munich.

Werner Braune graduated in 1933 with a degree in civil law from the University of Jena.

On 1 July 1931, at the age of 22, and while still a student, Werner Braune joined the Nazi Party and was assigned membership number 581,277.

In November 1931, Werner Braune became a member of the Nazi paramilitary organization known as the Sturmabteilung, sometimes called "stormtroopers" in English.

In 1936, Werner Braune was working for the secret police organization, the Gestapo.

From October 1941 to the beginning of September 1942, Werner Braune was the commander of Special Detachment 11b, part of Einsatzgruppen D, which was under the command of Otto Ohlendorf, who later would be executed as a war criminal.

Werner Braune's defense is the general one of superior orders which avails Braune no more than it does anyone else who executes a criminal order with the zeal that Braune brought to the Fuehrer Order.

Werner Braune has admitted responsibility for this murder in unequivocal language.

On 10 April 1948, Werner Braune was sentenced to death and shortly after midnight on 7 June 1951 he was executed by hanging at Landsberg Prison.