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Karl Fritzsch

1903 - 1945

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Karl Fritzsch (10 July 1903 – 2 May 1945) was a German SS official who served as deputy and acting commandant at the Auschwitz concentration camp from 1940 to 1941. He is best known as the official responsible for the death of priest Maximilian Kolbe and, according to Rudolf Höss, first suggesting using poisonous gas Zyklon B and experimenting with gas chambers for the purpose of mass murder at Auschwitz. Fritzsch served at a number of Nazi concentration camps until 1944 when he was implicated in a corruption scandal and dismissed from his positions. Fritzsch was sent to front line duty and is believed to have died at the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945, but this is unconfirmed, and his fate is unknown. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Fritzsch is the 914th most popular military personnel (up from 1,107th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 309th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Czech Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Fritzsch ranks 914 out of 2,058. Before him are Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Hermocrates, Adolphe Marbot, Frank Jack Fletcher, Walther von Lüttwitz, and Prince Franz of Bavaria. After him are Ludwig Crüwell, Alphonse Juin, Michael Lippert, Won Gyun, Heinrich Eberbach, and Joseph Stilwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Karl Fritzsch ranks 111. Before him are Anny Ondra, Georges Politzer, Luigi Allemandi, Ma Bufang, Michail Stasinopoulos, and Gregor Piatigorsky. After him are Marshall Harvey Stone, Steven Runciman, Rudolf Serkin, Amy Johnson, Alf Sjöberg, and Pedro Eugenio Aramburu. Among people deceased in 1945, Karl Fritzsch ranks 149. Before him are Dwight F. Davis, Gerhard Schmidhuber, Vilém Mathesius, Nikolai Berzarin, Alfréd Schaffer, and Avgustyn Voloshyn. After him are Leonardo Conti, Mile Budak, Fritz Freitag, Eric Liddell, Sigmund Rascher, and Martin Luther.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karl Fritzsch ranks 274 out of 1,200. Before him are Alois Hába (1893), Beatrice of Luxembourg (1305), Joseph Škoda (1805), Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (1064), Karel Reisz (1926), and Alois Eliáš (1890). After him are Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Vincenz Priessnitz (1799), Josef Abrhám (1939), Vladimír Remek (1948), Rudolf Serkin (1903), and Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia (1136).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Karl Fritzsch ranks 10. Before him are Kurt Knispel (1921), Prokop the Great (1380), Jan Kubiš (1913), Julius von Payer (1841), Otto Kittel (1917), and Erhard Raus (1889). After him are Alexander von Krobatin (1849), Ferenc Wesselényi (1605), and Moritz von Auffenberg (1852).

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