Fritz Klein

Fritz Klein
Klein at his trial in 1945
Born(1888-11-24)24 November 1888
Died13 December 1945(1945-12-13) (aged 57)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Criminal statusExecuted
MotiveNazism
Conviction(s)War crimes
TrialBelsen trial
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
VictimsThousands
Span of crimes
1943–1944
CountryPoland
Location(s)Auschwitz concentration camp
Military career
Allegiance Germany
Service / branch Schutzstaffel
Klein surrounded by bodies. The British Army liberating Bergen-Belsen forced German camp personnel to bury the corpses of prisoners.

Fritz Klein (24 November 1888 – 13 December 1945) was a Romanian-German Nazi doctor and war criminal, hanged for his role in atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust.