Austrian War Criminals

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Adolf Eichmann

(German Military Official and One of the Major Organisers of the Holocaust)

Birthdate: March 19, 1906

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Solingen, Germany

Died: June 1, 1962

Adolf Eichmann was a Nazi lieutenant colonel and one of the chief organizers of the Holocaust, that involved mass deportation and murder of Jews. In 1962, Eichmann was captured by the Mossad in Argentina and was then taken to Israel. He was eventually tried and hanged for crimes against humanity.

Hermine Braunsteiner

(German SS 'Helferin' and Camp Guard )

Birthdate: July 16, 1919

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: April 19, 1999

Amon Goeth

(Austrian Nazi Officer and Commandant of Poland's Kraków-Plaszow Concentration Camp)

Birthdate: December 11, 1908

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: September 13, 1946

Amon Goeth was an Austrian war criminal and SS functionary. During World War II, Goeth served as the commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp operated by the SS. After the war, he was convicted of homicide and was executed by hanging. Amon Goeth was played by Ralph Fiennes in the 1993 epic historical drama film Schindler's List.

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August Eigruber

(Nazi 'Gauleiter' and 'Reichsstatthalter')

Birthdate: April 16, 1907

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Steyr, Austria

Died: May 28, 1947

Alois Brunner

(Austrian Schutzstaffel SS-Hauptsturmführer & Adolf Eichmann's Right-Hand Man)

Birthdate: April 8, 1912

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Rohrbrunn, Austria

Died: November 30, 2001

Alois Brunner was an Austrian SS-Hauptsturmführer who played a major role in the execution of the Holocaust. Considered Adolf Eichmann's right-hand man, Brunner was responsible for deporting more than 100,000 European Jews from places like Austria, Slovakia, and France to concentration camps and ghettos in Eastern Europe. After the war, Alois Brunner evaded all attempts to kill or capture him.

Maria Mandl

(Austrian SS-Helferin)

Birthdate: January 10, 1912

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Münzkirchen, Austria

Died: January 24, 1948

Odilo Globocnik

(Austrian Nazi and a Perpetrator of the Holocaust)

Birthdate: April 21, 1904

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Trieste, Italy

Died: May 31, 1945

The son of an Austrian army lieutenant, Odilo Globocnik was initially a builder and joined the Nazi Party later. Known as one of the most prominent perpetrators of the ethnic cleansing of Jews during the Holocaust, he headed Operation Reinhard. After being captured, he committed suicide by consuming cyanide.

Franz Strasser

(Austrian-German 'Nazi Party' District Leader and War Criminal)

Birthdate: 1899 AD

Birthplace: Austria-Hungary

Died: December 10, 1945