Fritz Buntrock
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BornMarch 8, 1909
Osnabrück, German Empire
DiedJanuary 24, 1948 (aged 38)
Montelupich Prison, Kraków, Polish People's Republic
OccupationSS-Unterscharfuehrer
Political partyNational Socialist German Workers' Party
Fritz Buntrock | |
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| Born | March 8, 1909 Osnabrück, German Empire |
| Died | January 24, 1948 (aged 38) Montelupich Prison, Kraków, Polish People's Republic |
| Occupation | SS-Unterscharfuehrer |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party |
| Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction | Crimes against humanity |
| Trial | Auschwitz trial |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Fritz Buntrock (8 March 1909 – 24 January 1948) was a Nazi German war criminal and SS-Unterscharführer (the SS equivalent to a corporal) serving at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was prosecuted at the first Auschwitz trial.[1]
Due to his brutal treatment of prisoners he was nicknamed "Bulldog" in the camp. Buntrock supervised the gas chambers.[2] Buntrock was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków and sentenced to death. He was hanged in Montelupich Prison on 24 January 1948.