Willi Mentz

Willi Mentz
Born(1904-04-30)30 April 1904
Died25 June 1978(1978-06-25) (aged 74)
Criminal statusDeceased
Conviction(s)Murder (25 counts)
Accessory to murder (300,000 counts)
TrialTreblinka trials
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment with hard labour
Military career
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branch Schutzstaffel
RankUnterscharführer
UnitSS-Totenkopfverbände
CommandsTreblinka extermination camp

SS-Unterscharführer Willi Bruno Mentz (30 April 1904 – 25 June 1978) was a member of the German SS in World War II and a Holocaust perpetrator who worked at Treblinka extermination camp during the Operation Reinhard phase of the Holocaust in Poland. Mentz was known as "Frankenstein" at the camp.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kopówka, Edward; Rytel-Andrianik, Paweł (2011). Treblinka II – Obóz zagłady [Monograph, chpt. 3: Treblinka II Death Camp] (PDF) (in Polish). Drohiczyńskie Towarzystwo Naukowe [The Drohiczyn Scientific Society]. ISBN 978-83-7257-496-1. Archived from the original (PDF file, direct download 20.2 MB) on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2013. with list of Catholic rescuers of Jews imprisoned at Treblinka, selected testimonies, bibliography, alphabetical indexes, photographs, English language summaries, and forewords by Holocaust scholars. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Arad, Yitzhak (1987). Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka. The Operation Reinhard Death Camps (Google Books preview). Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253213053.