Karl Buck
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Karl Gustav Wilhelm Buck (17 November 1894, Stuttgart – 11 June 1977, Rudersberg) was a German SS-Hauptsturmführer and Lagerkommandant. From 1933 until 1940 Buck was the commander of the concentration camp Heuberg, Oberer Kuhberg and Lager Welzheim, from 1940 of the Sicherungslager Schirmeck-Vorbruck in Alsace.
Buck worked as a mechanic in Esslingen until 1910. After his formation he entered the military and began an Officer's career. In the first World War he was at the Russian, Serbian, Italian and the Western fronts. 1917 he became a lieutenant. For his efforts during war he was awarded the Iron Cross of first class.
1919 he began to study engineering in Esslingen. In 1920 he got the post of an engineer in a cement factory. He married the same year and shortly afterwards, had one daughter. 1921 and 1924-1930 he was working abroad in Portugal and Chile. He lost his left leg in a work accident in Chile, afterwards he returned to Germany.
After his accident he was jobless. In March 1931 he became a member of the NSDAP (No. 759.070) and became member of the SA.
He joined the Gestapo and changed from the SA to the SS where he was enlisted as number 490,187.
