Fritz Klein

For other people named Fritz Klein, see Fritz Klein (disambiguation).
Fritz Klein
Klein at his trial in 1945
Born(1888-11-24)24 November 1888
Feketehalom, Austria-Hungary
Died13 December 1945(1945-12-13) (aged 57)
Hamelin Prison, Allied-occupied Germany
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging
MotiveNazism
ConvictionWar crimes
TrialBelsen trial
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
VictimsThousands
Span of crimes
1943–1944
CountryPoland
LocationAuschwitz concentration camp
Military career
AllegianceNazi Germany
BranchSchutzstaffel

Fritz Klein (24 November 1888 – 13 December 1945) was a Romanian-German Nazi doctor and war criminal, hanged for his role in atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust.

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