Horst Fischer

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Horst Fischer
Fischer during his trial (March 1966)
Born	Horst Paul Silvester Fischer (1912-12-31)31 December 1912 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Died	(1966-07-08)8 July 1966 (aged 53) Leipzig Prison, Leipzig, East Germany
Cause of death	Execution by guillotine
Occupation	Physician
Political party	Nazi Party
Criminal status	Executed
Children	4
Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	Crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty	Death
Details
Victims	70,000+
Span of crimes	November 1942 – 1945
Country	German-occupied Poland
Location(s)	Auschwitz concentration camp
Date apprehended	11 June 1965
SS career
Allegiance	Germany
Service / branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1933–1945
Rank	Hauptsturmführer
Unit	SS-Totenkopfverbände

Horst Paul Silvester Fischer (31 December 1912 – 8 July 1966) was a German medical doctor and member of the SS who participated in selections in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II.^[1] He selected at least 70,000 prisoners to be gassed, then supervised their gassings. Although he avoided immediate detection after the war, Fischer's crimes came to light in the late 1950s. After tracking him down, Fischer was arrested by East German secret police officials in 1965. In a high-profile public case tried directly by the Supreme Court of East Germany, Fischer, the highest-ranking concentration camp doctor to ever stand trial in front of a German court, was found guilty of crimes against humanity and condemned to death. He was executed by guillotine in 1966.