Ernst Damzog

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Ernst Damzog
SS-Brigadeführer (Brigadier General)
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Ernst Damzog (30 October 1882 – 24 July 1945) was a German policeman, who was a member of the

occupied Poland
during World War II.

Invasion of Poland

In September 1939, during the

mass executions of Polish citizens following the victorious Battle of Grudziądz (Graudenz), practically eradicating the entire Jewish population of the town.[1] He was also in control of the execution of medical patients in order to empty state hospitals,[2] which he entrusted to his subordinate officer Herbert Lange.[3] After the annexation of western Poland, Damzog served in occupied Poznań (Posen) as the police inspector for both Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD),[4] under the command of SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Koppe sent to Posen on September 30, 1939.[5]

While in Poznań, Damzog was actively involved in the mass

gas vans started on 8 December 1941.[6]

The murders at Chelmno were the precursor to the Final Solution, because the idea of systematic genocide by gassing the able-bodied was not yet fully explored. Damzog is said to have related his 'experiments' to both Wilhelm Koppe and Arthur Greiser.[7]

Damzog was stationed in the Gau until 1945, and promoted to the rank of SS-Brigadeführer as well as Generalmajor in 1944 for his swift anti-Polish and anti-Jewish police actions. Damzog was transferred back to Germany ahead of the Soviet offensive. Ernst Damzog died after the war in July 1945 in Halle.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Intelligenzaktion na Pomorzu" (Docx direct download 25 KB). 2012. Chomikuj.pl. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  2. ISBN 9780807846759. Retrieved June 20, 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  3. ^ Editorial board (2009–2012). "Euthanasia in the Warthegau. Introduction". Tiergartenstrasse 4 Association. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  4. ^ The expulsions of Poles to General Government. Gostyń. PDF file from Muzeum.gostyn.pl, direct download. (in Polish)
  5. ISBN 978-0191613845. Retrieved June 21, 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  6. ISBN 978-0191613845. Retrieved June 21, 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  7. ^ Ian Kershaw (January 2011). "Improvised Genocide? The Emergence of the 'Final Solution' in the 'Warthegau'" (PDF file, direct download 1.04 MB). Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Sixth Series, Vol. 2 (1992). Royal Historical Society. pp. 51–78. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

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