Anton Thernes | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 December 1944 | (aged 52)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Criminal status | Executed |
Conviction(s) | War crimes |
Trial | Majdanek trials |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | until 1944 |
Rank | Obersturmführer |
Unit | SS-Totenkopfverbände |
Anton Thernes (8 February 1892 – 3 December 1944) was a Nazi German war criminal, deputy commandant of administration at the notorious Majdanek concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland in World War II.[1][2][3] He was tried at the Majdanek Trials and executed on 3 December 1944, along with five other war criminals, near the gas chambers and the Majdanek crematorium.[2][4]
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