Erich Lachmann
Erich Lachmann | |
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Born | Liegnitz, German Empire | 6 November 1909
Died | 23 January 1972 Wegscheid, West Germany | (aged 62)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Rank | Scharführer |
Commands held | Oversaw watchmen at Sobibor; trained watchmen at Trawniki |
Other work | Bricklayer |
Erich Gustav Willie Lachmann
In September 1941, Lachmann was stationed at
At Sobibor, Lachmann was known for his incompetence. Fellow SS man
Two months later, Lachmann was arrested in Warsaw. An SS police court sentenced him to six years in prison for desertion. Lachmann would spend most of the remainder of the war in prison. In March 1945, he was released from an SS penal camp in Dachau concentration camp and assigned to a penal company. After six weeks of training, Lachmann was deployed as a soldier against the Red Army in Brandenburg, but quickly captured. A Soviet military tribunal later sentenced him to 25 years in prison with hard labour as a saboteur. He was released from prison on 5 May 1950.[10]
In the
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Sobibor Interviews: Biographies of SS-men
- ISBN 978-83-937927-2-6
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- ^ Schelvis: Vernichtungslager Sobibór. S. 306
- ISBN 0-8078-2208-6
- ISBN 978-83-937927-2-6
- ISBN 1-84520-419-0
- ^ Dick de Mildt: In the Name of the people: Perpetrators of Genocide in the Post-War Prosecution in West-Germany – The 'Euthanasia' and 'Aktion Reinhard' Trial Cases, Niederlande 1996, S. 214f.
- ^ a b Sobibor - The Forgotten Revolt Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-83-937927-2-6
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- ^ "The Sobibor Perpetrators".
External links
- The Sobibor Personnel at Holocaust-Info.dk