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It really depends on what your definition of a criminal is; after the war the SS was declared a criminal organisation, so they were all criminals. But yes, for example the commandant of Auschwitz had spent time in prison.
A commandant is the officer in command of either a prisoner of war camp OR a concentration camp.
With respect, there was no "Auschwitz war", so what do you really mean?
The first commandant was Adolf Haas. The last commandant was Josef Kramer, who was trnasferred from Auschwitz. He, toegether with 44 guards, was tried by the British in September-Novermber 1945. (It was the first major trial of its kind in Western Europe and the first time that the media heard about the internal working of the camps). Kramer, along with 11 others, was hanged at Hameln in December 1945.
Auschwitz was a real-life concentration and extermination camp from the Second World War. John Boyce had Bruno refer it it phonetically as 'Out-With' to showcase his innocence and naivety.
Commandants ruled large areas. For example a commandant could have ruled Auschwitz. A commandant was very high in power.
It really depends on what your definition of a criminal is; after the war the SS was declared a criminal organisation, so they were all criminals. But yes, for example the commandant of Auschwitz had spent time in prison.
Real War happened in 2002.
A commandant was the head of a prisoner of war camp or a concentration camp.
Auschwitz was around during World War II.
In English the word commandant is used to denote the officer in charge of:A prisoner of war camp.A concentration camp, death camp or extermination camp.For some reason, the word commander has become established on most English language Holocaust websites and in Wikipedia. (Compare with barracks for huts).
Auschwitz, the most infamous of the camps, has been maintained as a memorial.
People were killed A lot of slave labour working going on Children were experimented on.
A commandant is the officer in command of either a prisoner of war camp OR a concentration camp.
With respect, there was no "Auschwitz war", so what do you really mean?
People were killed A lot of slave labour working going on Children were experimented on.
The first commandant was Adolf Haas. The last commandant was Josef Kramer, who was trnasferred from Auschwitz. He, toegether with 44 guards, was tried by the British in September-Novermber 1945. (It was the first major trial of its kind in Western Europe and the first time that the media heard about the internal working of the camps). Kramer, along with 11 others, was hanged at Hameln in December 1945.