Karl Jeschke
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Karl Jeschke | |
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Born | |
Occupation | SS-Oberscharführer |
Known for | Defendant at the Auschwitz Trial |
Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
Karl Hermann Jeschke (born August 17, 1890, date of death unknown) was an SS-Oberscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial.
Jeschke was born in . He joined the Nazi Party in 1933. He served in the Wehrmacht fighting on the front until 1944. In July 1944 he was drafted into the Waffen-SS and sent to Auschwitz, where he worked as a guard. In mid-September 1944 he was transferred to the Charlottengrube subcamp.
After World War II, Jeschke was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków. He received a three-year prison sentence.
Bibliography[]
- Cyprian T., Sawicki J., Siedem wyroków Najwyższego Trybunału Narodowego, Poznań 1962
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Categories:
- 1890 births
- German military personnel of World War II
- People convicted in the Auschwitz trial
- SS non-commissioned officers
- Auschwitz concentration camp personnel