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Theodor Eicke (17 October 1892 – 26 February 1943) was a senior SS functionary and Waffen SS divisional commander during the Nazi era. He was one of the key figures in the development of Nazi concentration camps.
Dec 11, 2017 · A son of a station master and the youngest of 11 children, Theodor Eicke, did not like school too much, failing to graduate and dropped out at the age of 17. He fought in WWI and received the Iron Cross for bravery.
Theodor Eicke, the infamous commander of Dachau, belonged to the Totenkopfverbande - the SS branch responsible for running Himmler's network of concentration camps and extermination centers.
Theodor Eicke (17 October 1892 – 26 February 1943) was a senior SS functionary and Waffen SS divisional commander during the Nazi era. He was one of the key figures in the development of Nazi concentration camps.
Theodore Eicke (17 October 1892 – 26 February 1943) was a politician in Nazi Germany. Eicke was the second commandant of Dachau Concentration Camp, and went on to become the Inspector of Concentration Camps, overseeing their reorganisation under the SS.
In the spring of 1933, several prisoners were murdered on his watch. With the camp drawing much unwelcome scrutiny, Himmler removed Wäckerle and designated Theodor Eicke as the new commandant. Harold Marcuse, one of the leading scholars on the long history of the Dachau camp, gives this apposite description of Eicke, the one-time army paymaster:
Dec 15, 2023 · Theodor Eicke and His Contributions to the Nazi Party: An Essay on the Development of the Nazi Concentration Camp System and SS-Totenkopfdivision. Erin Jackson. Lawrence University. Follow this and additional works at: https://lux.lawrence.edu/luhp. Part of the European History Commons, and the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Commons.
