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

Schurz

First name

Hans

Date of birth

28.12.1913

Birthplace

St. Salvator

Province

Kärnten

Time at Auschwitz

1.5.1943 – 27.1.1945

Unit/Function

01.05.1943-01.12.1943: Kommandantur-Stab KZ Auschwitz/Abt. II - Politische Abteilung ab 01.12.1943.27.01.1945: Kommandantur Stab KZ Auschwitz/Abt. I - Leiter der Politischen Abt. (Nachfolger Grabners)

Sources

BArch, R 9361-II/914425; BArch, R 9361-III/188908; BArch, R 9361-III/555778

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