Franz Stangl

German Nazi officer

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Franz Stangl was a German Nazi officer who served as the commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp in Poland from August 1942. He was previously stationed at the Sobibor extermination camp. Stangl was a veteran of the T4 Program, which involved the systematic killing of disabled and infirm individuals. Under his command, Treblinka became one of the deadliest Nazi extermination camps, second only to Auschwitz, responsible for the deaths of approximately 750,000 Jews as part of the Holocaust. After the war, Stangl was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the atrocities committed at Treblinka.1

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Sobibor
…commandant of the camp was Franz Stangl, who, like many of his staff of 30 SS (Nazi paramilitary corps) men, was a veteran of the T4 Program to murder the infirm and disabled. They were assisted by 90–120 Ukrainians, former prisoners of war trained by the Germans for their new…
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…commandant of the camp was Franz Stangl, who, like many of his staff of 30 SS (Nazi paramilitary corps) men, was a veteran of the T4 Program to murder the infirm and disabled. They were assisted by 90–120 Ukrainians, former prisoners of war trained by the Germans for their new…
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Treblinka
…SS (Nazi paramilitary corps) officer, Franz Stangl, who had previously served at Sobibor. Treblinka’s German staff, numbering some 30 men, including Stangl, were all veterans of the T4 Program through which the infirm and disabled were killed. About 100 Ukrainians and 700–1,000 Jewish male prisoners assisted with the executions, removing…
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…SS (Nazi paramilitary corps) officer, Franz Stangl, who had previously served at Sobibor. Treblinka’s German staff, numbering some 30 men, including Stangl, were all veterans of the T4 Program through which the infirm and disabled were killed. About 100 Ukrainians and 700–1,000 Jewish male prisoners assisted with the executions, removing…
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Simon Wiesenthal
Nazi hunter
…camp, and most notably of Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka and Sobibor death camps. Braunsteiner-Ryan, who had found refuge in New York City, and Stangl, who had been hiding in Brazil, were extradited (separately) to West Germany, where they were put on trial and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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…camp, and most notably of Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka and Sobibor death camps. Braunsteiner-Ryan, who had found refuge in New York City, and Stangl, who had been hiding in Brazil, were extradited (separately) to West Germany, where they were put on trial and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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