Bernhard Rakers ( German: Bernhard Rakers ; March 6, 1905 , Sögel , German Empire - August 10, 1980 , Barmstedt , Germany ) - SS Hauptscharfuhrer , war criminal, reportport of the Auschwitz concentration camp .
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Biography
Bernhard Ruckers was born March 6, 1905 in the family of a innkeeper and a housewife. After graduation, he learned to be a baker. In 1930 he passed an exam in his profession, but in 1933 he was forced to quit his job due to illness, after which he became unemployed. In March of that year he became a member of the NSDAP and the SA . In February 1934, he applied for a job as a security guard at the camp , but due to an accident he had to cancel the training courses. Then he was transferred to the concentration camp Esterwegen , where he worked in the kitchen. In the autumn of 1934 he joined the SS detachments “Dead Head . In August 1936 he worked as a chef in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp . Since May 1940 he was the SS Hauptscharfuhrer .
World War II
In the fall of 1942, for the theft and misappropriation of foodstuffs, the Main Administration and Administration of the SS recalled him to the Auschwitz concentration camp . At the beginning of 1943 he worked in one of the sub-camps called Buna Monowitz , where he became commandant führer. He was known for his cruel behavior and for not reporting unlawful actions of prisoners in exchange for providing food and silence [1] . However, various complaints about his cruelty appeared on him, but they only led to Rackers' promotion. As a result, he became a rapportführer and in this position was responsible for the roll call in the camp and for determining the number of prisoners. But numerous misconduct led to the fact that he was transferred to the Silesian camp Gleivitz 2. There, he, along with Hauptscharführer Otto Moll, was responsible for transporting prisoners to the Sachsenhausen camp [2] . In February 1945, became the head of the Weimar Gustloff-Werken sub-camp.
After the war
After the war, captured by the Americans, then sent to a French prison camp. He was also held at the Fallingsbothel Detention Center from April to June 1948. In December 1948, the Bielefeld court sentenced him to 2.5 years for membership in the SS , which were served in pre-trial detention. Then he worked as a baker in Lingen . July 24, 1950 arrested on suspicion of war crimes. On August 20, 1952 in Osnabruck , a trial began over him. 49 witnesses were brought to trial. The charge consisted of killing prisoners or causing fatal injuries. As a result, on February 10, 1953, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and in addition to 15 years of imprisonment for fivefold murder and grievous bodily harm [3] . He served a sentence in a prison in the city of Celle . He wrote petitions for clemency, where he described himself as an innocent victim of justice. March 2, 1971 was pardoned by the German SPD politician Alfred Kubel and released. He returned to the work of the baker. He died in 1980 in Barmstedt .
Notes
- ↑ Hermann Langbein, 2004 , S. 298f.
- ↑ Hans Frankenthal, 2002 , S. 64f.
- ↑ Nazi Crimes on Trial case Nr 340 . expofacto.nl . Date of treatment March 16, 2019.
Literature
- Ernst Klee. Auschwitz. Täter, Gehilfen, Opfer und was aus ihnen wurde. Ein Personenlexikon. - Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 2013 .-- ISBN 978-3-10-039333-3 .
- Hermann Langbein. People in Auschwitz. - UNC Press, 2004 .-- ISBN 0-8078-2816-5 .
- Hans Frankenthal. The Unwelcome One: Returning Home from Auschwitz. - Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2002 .-- ISBN 0-8101-1887-4 .
Links
- Bernhard Rakers (1905-1980 ) . Wolheim Memorial . Circulation date February 4, 2019