Friedrich Entress
Friedrich Entress | |
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Entress stands in his place in the dock at the first Mathausen trial (29 March 1946) | |
| Born | 8 December 1914 Posen, German Empire |
| Died | 28 May 1947 (aged 32) Landsberg Prison, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction | War crimes |
| Trial | Mauthausen Trial |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | Thousands |
Span of crimes | 1941–1945 |
| Country | Poland and Austria |
| Locations | Auschwitz concentration camp Mauthausen concentration camp Gross-Rosen concentration camp |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Schutzstaffel |
| Service years | 1939–1945 |
| Rank | Hauptsturmführer |
Friedrich Karl Hermann Entress (8 December 1914 – 28 May 1947) was a German camp doctor in various concentration and extermination camps during the Second World War. He conducted human medical experimentation at Auschwitz and introduced the procedure there of injecting lethal doses of phenol directly into the hearts of prisoners. He was captured by the Allies in 1945, sentenced to death at the Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials, and executed in 1947.