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

Birthplace

Wien

Province

Wien

Time at Auschwitz

20.01.1941 – 16.01.1943

Unit/Function

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

Sources

BArch, R 9361-III/289054

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