Alfred Trzebinski
Alfred Albrecht Josef Trzebinski | |
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Born | 29 August 1902 Jutroschin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Died | 8 October 1946 Hamelin Prison, Hamelin, Allied-occupied Germany | (aged 44)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Rank | Hauptsturmführer |
Commands held | SS Medical Corps in concentration camps |
Other work | Executed for the medical atrocities and murders of children he committed in concentration camps |
Alfred Trzebinski (29 August 1902 – 8 October 1946) was an
Life
Trzebinski was born in
Murder of children
Trzebinski was involved in the murder of 20 children at the subcamp
Trial and execution
Trzebinski was able to escape at the end of the Second World War. On 1 February 1946 he was arrested—after working for the British forces in the POW camp Neumünster—because of the persistency of Walter Freud, a grandchild of Sigmund Freud.
Trzebinski was sentenced to death during the "Curiohaus Trials" in Rotherbaum in March 1946, also for his complicity in the homicide of the children.[2] At his trial he confessed[3] freely and frankly, saying, "If I had acted as a hero the children might have died a little later, but their fate could no longer be averted" and admitted "you cannot execute children, you can only murder them" but they were "only" Jews.[4] Trzebinski was executed by hanging on 8 October 1946[2][5] by Albert Pierrepoint at Hamelin Prison.
References
- ^ "Geschichte" (in German). Memorial site Neuengamme. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ a b c "Die Kinder vom Bullenhuser Damm" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. 2005-04-20. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ISBN 978-0-472-11147-3.
- ISBN 0-19-510648-2.
- ^ "Axis History Factbook: Neuengamme Trial". Retrieved 2008-10-11.