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The Commandant.
A commandant is the officer in command of either a prisoner of war camp OR a concentration camp.
Rudolf Höss an SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) was the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (4 May 1940 to November 1943). He was replaced by Arthur Liebehenschel on December 1, 1943.
The Superintendant was Vice Admiral William P. Mack The Commandant was Capt. Donald K. Forbes
All Nazi concentration camps and death camps were run by the SS (except in 1933-34).
A commandant was the head of a prisoner of war camp or a concentration camp.
The Commandant.
A commandant is the officer in command of either a prisoner of war camp OR a concentration camp.
A commandant is usually in charge of a concentration camp.
Hitler was not a concentration camp commandant ... He left the dirty work to others.
The Commandant of each camp, subject to guidlines issued centrally.
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).
Apparently, Ilse Koch, the commandant's wife, set up a zoo at Buchenwald.
Anthony Gale, the fourth Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Nazi Germany, of course. The first concentration camp was at Dachau, near Munich, in Bavaria. Founded in 1933. The first commandant, Theodor Eicke.
The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
commandant in Arabic is "قائد"