Erwin Lambert | |
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Birth name | Erwin Hermann Lambert |
Born | Schildow, Mühlenbecker Land, German Empire | 7 December 1909
Died | 15 October 1976 Stuttgart, West Germany | (aged 66)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service | Schutzstaffel |
Rank | Unterscharführer, SS (corporal) |
Commands | Headed construction of gas chambers during Action T4, and at Sobibór and Treblinka extermination camps during Operation Reinhard |
Other work | Mason, Ceramic tile salesman[1] |
Erwin Hermann Lambert (7 December 1909 – 15 October 1976) was a German perpetrator of the Holocaust. In profession, he was a master mason, building trades foreman, Nazi Party member and member of the Schutzstaffel with the rank of SS-Unterscharführer (corporal). He supervised construction of the gas chambers for the Action T4 euthanasia program at Hartheim, Sonnenstein, Bernburg and Hadamar, and then at Sobibór and Treblinka extermination camps during Operation Reinhard. He specialized in building larger gas chambers that killed more people than previous efforts in the extermination program.