Ludwig Plagge
Ludwig Plagge | |
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| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity |
| Trial | Auschwitz trial |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Ludwig Plagge (13 January 1910 – 24 January 1948) was an
Life
Born in
He remained there until 4 October 1943. His roles included Blockführer (Block leader) (including in
Plagge was noted for his brutality, particularly to Jews.[3] He participated in the gassing of thousands of Sinti and Roma people, and Jews from Theresienstadt.[4]
He was known for submitting prisoners to punishment in the form of physical exercises, known as "sport" in the camp.[5] Prisoners in quarantine were also made to do these exercises.[5] On demand, a group of prisoners were expected to undertake any action, such as walking, singing, running, crawling on one's elbows and tips of the toes, roll around on the ground covered with gravel and crushed bricks, etc.[5] Plagge was a specialist in the invention of these exercises, which were to be performed very quickly without any regard to the age and health of the prisoners.[5] He would make prisoners run for hours while carrying his pipe between his teeth, and hit those who fell, forcing them to carry on.[5] Prisoners nicknamed him das Pfeifchen (the little pipe).[5]
Trial
Plagge was prosecuted by the Supreme National Tribunal at the Auschwitz Trial in Kraków. During the trial he admitted to only beating prisoners. Hoping his life would be spared, he told the court that after atonement for his crimes, he will be regarded as a good man, but was sentenced to death due to the overwhelming evidence against him. He was executed on 24 January 1948[1] by hanging in Montelupich Prison, Kraków.
Bibliography
- Cyprian T., Sawicki J., Siedem wyroków Najwyższego Trybunału Narodowego, Poznań 1962
- Klee E., Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Mein 2005
- Winter, Walter Stanoski., Robertson, Struan. Winter time: memoirs of a German Sinto who survived Auschwitz. University of Hertfordshire Press, 2004, ISBN 1-902806-38-7
- International Dachau Committee, Dachauer Hefte – Konzentrationslager – Lebenswelt und Umfeld. Verlag Dachauer Hefte, Volume 12, 1996.
- ISBN 83-85047-64-6
- Buszko, Józef. Auschwitz, camp hitlérien d'extermination, Indiana University, published by Editions Interpress, 1986, 2nd edition.
References
- ^ a b c d Winter, Winter time, p. 128.
- ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich (The Encyclopedia of Persons of the Third Reich"): Wer war was vor und nach 1945 ("Who Was What Before and After 1945"). S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt, 2003, p. 462. Encyclopedia of the "social elite" from the time of National Socialism.
- ^ Świebocki, London wurde informiert. p. 147.
- ^ IDC, Dachauer Hefte. p. 163.
- ^ a b c d e f Buszko, Auschwitz, camp hitlérien d'extermination. p. 108.
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