Max Pauly
Max Pauly | |
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| Born | 1 June 1907 |
| Died | 8 October 1946 (aged 39) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | War crimes |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Schutzstaffel Totenkopfverbände |
| Rank | SS Standartenführer |
Max Pauly (1 June 1907 – 8 October 1946) was an SS Standartenführer who was the commandant of Stutthof concentration camp from September 1939 to August 1942 and commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp and the associated subcamps from September 1942 until liberation in May 1945. He lived on site with his family. Prior to his assignment at the camps, Pauly had presided over the executions of Polish POWs captured after the Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig.[1]
Pauly was tried by the British for war crimes with 13 others in the Curio Haus in Hamburg which was located in the British occupied sector of Germany. The trial lasted from 18 March to 13 May 1946. He was found guilty and sentenced to death with 11 other defendants.[1] He was never tried for the crimes committed at Stutthof.[2]
Execution
[edit]Pauly was executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint in Hamelin Prison on 8 October 1946.[1][3]
Legacy
[edit]Pauly is mentioned under the name of "Hans" in Simon Wiesenthal's 1967 book, The Murderers Among Us (ch. 22, "The Other Side of the Moon").
See also
[edit]- Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- SS Cap Arcona (1927) ocean liner
- Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b c Ernst Klee: The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich persons: who came before and after 1945. Publisher: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007. ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8.
- ^ Janina Grabowska (22 January 2009). "Odpowiedzialność za Zbrodnie Popełnione w Stutthofie. Procesy" [Responsibility for the Atrocities Committed at Stutthof. The trials.]. KL Stutthof, Monografia. Archived from the original (Internet Archive) on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ The SS: Alibi of a Nation, 1922–1945 Publisher: Da Capo Press (21 March 1989) Language: English ISBN 0-306-80351-8, ISBN 978-0306803512.
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- 1907 births
- 1946 deaths
- Curiohaus trials executions by hanging
- Executed German mass murderers
- Executed Nazi concentration camp commandants
- Executed people from Schleswig-Holstein
- Holocaust perpetrators in Poland
- Neuengamme concentration camp personnel
- People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- People from Wesselburen
- Perpetrators of World War II prisoner of war massacres
- SS-Standartenführer
- Stutthof concentration camp personnel
- Waffen-SS personnel