August Hirt | |
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| Birth name | August Erwin Theobald Hirt |
| Born | 28 April 1898 Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire |
| Died | 2 June 1945 (aged 47) Schluchsee, Württemberg, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Imperial German Army Schutzstaffel |
| Rank | SS-Sturmbannführer |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
August Hirt (28 April 1898 – 2 June 1945) was an anatomist with Swiss and German nationality who served as a chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg during World War II. He performed experiments with mustard gas on inmates at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp and played a leading role in the murders of 86 people at Natzweiler-Struthof for the Jewish skull collection. The skeletons of his victims were meant to become specimens at the Institute of anatomy in Strasbourg, but completion of the project was stopped by the progress of the war. He was an SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) and in 1944, an SS-Sturmbannführer (major).