Franz Strasser
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Born10 September 1899
Grünau im Almtal, Austria-Hungary
Died10 December 1945 (aged 46)
Landsberg Prison, Allied-occupied Germany
OccupationsFormer NSDAP Kreisleiter and convicted war criminal
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging
Franz Strasser | |
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 Strasser (left) listens to his court-appointed interpreter, U.S. Sergeant Sessler (right), during his trial | |
| Born | 10 September 1899 Grünau im Almtal, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 10 December 1945 (aged 46) Landsberg Prison, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Occupations | Former NSDAP Kreisleiter and convicted war criminal |
| Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
| Spouse | Unknown wife |
| Children | 3 |
| Conviction | War crimes |
| Trial | Dachau trials |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 5 (3/4 as an accomplice) |
| Date | 9 December 1944 |
| Country | Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
| Target | American POWs |
Date apprehended | June 1945 |
Franz Xaver Strasser (10 September 1899 – 10 December 1945) was an Austrian Nazi Party Kreisleiter (district leader) and war criminal. Strasser was the first war criminal to be judged at the Dachau trials.[1][2]
