Otto Hantke
Otto Hantke | |
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Born | Kietrz, Upper Silesia, German Empire | 21 January 1907
Died | 1986 (aged 78–79) |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Rank | Unterscharführer |
Commands held |
Otto Hantke (21 January 1907 – 1986) was a German
In his role at Poniatowa, Hantke helped coordinate the deportation of Jews to the camp during the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.[3]
For his participation during the Holocaust, Hantke was imprisoned in Germany from 1960 until 1967.
Early life
Otto Hantke was born on 21 January 1907, in Kietrz, Upper Silesia.[3] He joined the SS of the Nazi Party by 1933.[2]
Actions during the Holocaust
Lipowa 7 concentration camp
Hantke was an SS officer at the
Budzyń concentration camp
From September to December 1942, Hantke helped establish and served as the first commandant of the Budzyń labor camp, where the inmates were slave laborers at a Heinkel aircraft factory.[3]
In his role at Budzyń, Hantke was responsible for the selection during the final liquidation of the
Poniatowa concentration camp
From May through the summer of 1943, Hantke replaced Birmes-Schulten as the second commandant of the Poniatowa concentration camp, another Majdanek subcamp. Hantke was in Warsaw during the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in May 1943 in order to coordinate the deportation of Jews to Poniatowa.[3][4]
He was replaced as commandant at Poniatowa by
Other activities
In the summer of 1943, Hantke was sent to
At the end of 1944, Hantke was reassigned to the Stutthof concentration camp.[2]
Postwar life and prosecution
Hantke survived the war and settled in Germany. Hantke was convicted in Hamburg in 1960, and was released in 1967.[4]
On 5 December 1973, 66-year old Hantke and co-defendant
References
- ^ "The Budzyn Remembrance Project: List of the SS Men". The Budzyn Remembrance Project. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-486-73598-7.
- ^ a b c d e "German Figures in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising". Holocaust Historical Society. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Ex‐Nazi Jailed in Hamburg". The New York Times. Reuters. 26 July 1974. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-253-00202-0. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Budzyn Labour Camp". Holocaust Research Project. Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Staff writer (5 December 1973). "News brief". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Hamburg". Victoria Daily Colonist. 30 July 1974. Retrieved 5 February 2023.