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

Gratzer

First name

Josef

Date of birth

30.04.1921

Birthplace

Klagenfurt

Province

Kärnten

Time at Auschwitz

Ab 01.1942

Unit/Function

01.1942-24.06.1942: 8/SS-Totenkopf-Sturmbann KZ Auschwitz 24.06.1942-30.06.1943: Kommandantur KZ Auschwitz/Abt. I - Nachrichtenstelle (bei DF als Nachrichtenmann ausgebildet) 30.06.1943: SS-Totenkopf-Sturmbann KZ Auschwitz

Sources

BArch, R 9361-III/58130

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