Rudolf Beckmann

Rudolf Beckmann
Born(1911-04-27)27 April 1911
Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, German Empire
Died14 October 1943(1943-10-14) (aged 32)
Sobibor extermination camp, Lublin Voivodeship, German-occupied Poland
Paramilitary SS career
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Years of service1940–1943
RankSS-Oberscharführer
UnitDeath's Head Units
CommandsSobibor extermination camp

Rudolf Beckmann (20 February 1910[1][2] – 14 October 1943) was a German SS-Oberscharführer in the Sobibor extermination camp. He was stabbed to death during the uprising in Sobibor by inmates. Beckmann was a member of the Nazi Party (member 305,721) and the Schutzstaffel. Nothing is known about his early life.

  1. ^ Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, p. 37.
  2. ^ Schelvis: Vernichtungslager Sobibór, p. 294 (see Bibliography)