The data used for this database was collected as part of a study carried out by Christiane Rothländer on Austrians working as guards and in the camp SS at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. So far, 163 persons could be identified by name.

Database of perpetrators at Auschwitz

Details

Last name

Mertens

First name

Heinz

Date of birth

28.02.1920

Place of birth

Wien

Time at Auschwitz

18.07.1941-20.01.1945

Rank

/SS-Totenkopf-Sturmbann Auschwitz 18.07.1941: Kommandantur-Stab KZ Auschwitz - Schreiber beim Gerichts- und Fürsorgeoffizier

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