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:

Forstner

First name:

Josef

Date of birth:

22.02.1904

Place of birth:

Wien

Time at Auschwitz:

20.01.1941-16.01.1943

Rank:

Wachkompanie KZ Auschwitz 1.1.1942-3.4.1942: 8/SS-Totenkopf-Sturmbann KZ Auschwitz bis 16.1.1943: SS-WVHA/Amt W III - 6/Stabsleitung kommandiert zur Außenstelle des Amtes W III im KZ Auschwitz Leiter/ Kommandantur-Stab KZ Auschwitz - Chef der Schlachterei

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