Josef Klehr

Josef Klehr
Klehr in custody of the Frankfurt Police
Born(1904-10-17)17 October 1904
Langenau (now a part of Kietrz, Province of Silesia, German Empire[1]
Died23 August 1988(1988-08-23) (aged 83)
Leiferde, Lower Saxony, West Germany[1]
Criminal statusDeceased
MotiveNazism
Conviction(s)Murder (475 counts)
Accessory to murder (2730 counts)
TrialFrankfurt Auschwitz Trials
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment with hard labour
Details
VictimsThousands (possibly as high as 14,000)
Span of crimes
1941–1945
CountryGerman-occupied Poland
Location(s)Auschwitz concentration camp
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Schutzstaffel
RankOberscharführer, SS
Battles/warsWorld War II

Josef Klehr (17 October 1904 – 23 August 1988) was an SS-Oberscharführer (master sergeant), supervisor in several Nazi concentration camps and head of the SS disinfection commando at Auschwitz concentration camp.

  1. ^ a b "Langenau (Kietrz)". www.tenhumbergreinhard.de. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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