Johann Kremer
Johann Paul Kremer (26 December 1883 – 8 January 1965) was a German professor, physician and war criminal.
Johann Kremer | |
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Kremer at the Auschwitz Trial in Kraków (1947) | |
| Born | Johann Paul Kremer December 26, 1883 Stellberg, German Empire |
| Died | January 8, 1965 (aged 81) Münster, West Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of Anatomy Concentration camp physician |
| Known for | Serving as physician in the Auschwitz concentration camp |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction(s) | Poland Crimes against humanity West Germany Accessory to murder (2 counts) |
| Trial | Auschwitz trial |
| Criminal penalty | Poland Death; commuted to life imprisonment West Germany 10 years imprisonment |
He was a professor of anatomy and human genetics at Münster University who joined the Wehrmacht on May 20, 1941. He served in the SS in the Auschwitz concentration camp as a physician from 30 August 1942 to 18 November 1942. A member of the NSDAP, he was involved in Nazi human experimentation on the prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was sentenced to death in the Auschwitz Trial, but this sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. He was released in 1958.
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