Erich Wasicky
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Erich Wasicky was a pharmacist at the Mauthausen concentration camp
in charge of gassing victims.
Wasicky was a physician. He joined the NSDAP and was a member of the SS. Between 1941 and 1944, he worked as a pharmacist at Mauthausen concentration camp
. It was his duty to select victims to die in the gas chamber. The exact number of his victims isn’t known, but more than 3,100 died in neighboring Hartheim
concentration camp, which fell under Wasicky's jurisdiction. After the Nazis started using the poison Cyclon B, Wasicky was put in charge of establishing this process in both Mauthausen and Hartheim.
After the end of World War II
, Wasicky was charged with murder by a U.S. military tribunal. On May 13, 1946, he was found guilty. On May 28, 1947, he was hanged in Landsberg Prison
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Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen Concentration Camp grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps that was built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly east of the city of Linz.Initially a single camp at Mauthausen, it expanded over time and by the summer of 1940, the...
in charge of gassing victims.
Wasicky was a physician. He joined the NSDAP and was a member of the SS. Between 1941 and 1944, he worked as a pharmacist at Mauthausen concentration camp
Nazi concentration camps
Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps throughout the territories it controlled. The first Nazi concentration camps set up in Germany were greatly expanded after the Reichstag fire of 1933, and were intended to hold political prisoners and opponents of the regime...
. It was his duty to select victims to die in the gas chamber. The exact number of his victims isn’t known, but more than 3,100 died in neighboring Hartheim
Schloss Hartheim
Schloss Hartheim, located at Alkoven in Upper Austria, some 14 km. from Linz, Austria, became notorious as one of the Nazi Euthanasia killing centers, where the killing program Action T4 took place.The castle was built by Jakob von Aspen in 1600...
concentration camp, which fell under Wasicky's jurisdiction. After the Nazis started using the poison Cyclon B, Wasicky was put in charge of establishing this process in both Mauthausen and Hartheim.
After the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Wasicky was charged with murder by a U.S. military tribunal. On May 13, 1946, he was found guilty. On May 28, 1947, he was hanged in Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison is a penal facility located in the town of Landsberg am Lech in the southwest of the German state of Bavaria, about west of Munich and south of Augsburg....
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