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Christian Wirth ( German: [vɪʁt] ⓘ; 24 November 1885 – 26 May 1944) was a German SS officer and leading Holocaust perpetrator who was one of the primary architects of the program to exterminate the Jewish people of Poland, known as Operation Reinhard.
A biography of Christian Wirth, a first commander of the Belezec death camp, known for his brutality.
Christian Wirth was a German SS officer and leading Holocaust perpetrator who was one of the primary architects of the program to exterminate the Jewish people of Poland, known as Operation Reinhard.
Christian Wirth played a significant role in the Nazi T4 euthanasia program in the late 1930s, personally participating in the first gassing experiments at Brandenburg, Grafeneck Castle and Hartheim Castle.
Christian Wirth was killed by Yugoslav partisans of the First Battalion of the ‘Istrska’ (Istrian) Division on 26 May 1944 near Kozina, just outside Trieste. He was on his way to inspect one of his SS-units in Fiume on the other side of the peninsula.
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May 22, 2015 · Christian Wirth, first commander of the Belzec death camp, was born in November 1885 and trained as a joiner and then a police officer. Wirth served in World War One on the Western Front where he was decorated for bravery.
Christian Wirth was born on 24 November 1885 in Oberbalzheim, Wurttemburg, Germany. Following the completion of his education, he was employed as an apprentice carpenter with the Buhler brother’s timber firm. Entered the police force in 1910 and joined the Stuttgart Criminal police in 1913.
Christian Wirth (24 Nov. 1885 – 26 May 1944), SS Sturmbannführer, was a German police officer who was assigned to supervise euthanasia killings in German mental institutions in late 1939. In late 1941, he was assigned to head the Belzec Camp.
Wirth, Christian (1885 - 1944), SS officer and designer of Nazi concentration camps in Poland. Trained as a carpenter, Wirth distinguished himself in World War I. After the war he joined the German police; he became infamous for his brutal interrogation methods. Wirth joined the Nazi Party in 1931. In 1939 he transferred to the Gestapo.
Christian Wirth (German: [vɪʁt] ; 24 November 1885 – 26 May 1944) was a German SS officer and leading Holocaust perpetrator who was one of the primary architects of the program to exterminate the Jewish people of Poland, known as Operation Reinhard.
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