Kurt Franz | |
|---|---|
 Franz in 1943 or later | |
| Nickname(s) | Doll (Yiddish: Lalke)[1] |
| Born | 17 January 1914 Düsseldorf, German Empire |
| Died | 4 July 1998 (aged 84) Wuppertal, Germany |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1935–1945 |
| Rank | Untersturmführer |
| Unit | SS-Totenkopfverbände |
| Commands | Treblinka (deputy commander; became camp's third and final Commandant from August 1943 – 19 October 1943)[1] |
Kurt Hubert Franz (17 January 1914 – 4 July 1998) was an SS officer and one of the commanders of the Treblinka extermination camp. Because of this, Franz was one of the major perpetrators of genocide during the Holocaust. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the Treblinka Trials in 1965, he was eventually released in 1993.
The verdict against Franz stated that "a large part of the streams of blood and tears that flowed in Treblinka can be attributed to him alone."[2]
- ^ a b "The Teblinka Perpetrators". deathcamps.org. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah (1993-08-21). "Opinion | Treblinka's Other Monster". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-16.