Max Pauly
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| Born | 1 June 1907 Wesselburen, German Empire |
| Died | 8 October 1946 (aged 39) Hamelin Prison, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
| Conviction | War crimes |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Schutzstaffel SS-Totenkopfverbände |
| Rank | SS-Standartenführer |
Max Pauly (1 June 1907 – 8 October 1946) was an SS-Standartenführer who was the commandant of Stutthof concentration camp from September 1939 to August 1942 and commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp and the associated subcamps from September 1942 until liberation in May 1945. He lived on site with his family. Prior to his assignment at the camps, Pauly had presided over the executions of Polish POWs captured after the Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig.[1]
Pauly was tried by the British for war crimes with 13 others in the Curio Haus in Hamburg which was located in the British occupied sector of Germany. The trial lasted from 18 March to 13 May 1946. He was found guilty and sentenced to death with 11 other defendants.[1] He was never tried for the crimes committed at Stutthof.[2]
Execution
[edit | edit source]Pauly was executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint in Hamelin Prison on 8 October 1946.[1][3]
Legacy
[edit | edit source]Pauly is mentioned under the name of "Hans" in Simon Wiesenthal's 1967 book, The Murderers Among Us (ch. 22, "The Other Side of the Moon").
See also
[edit | edit source]- Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- SS Cap Arcona (1927) ocean liner
- Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig
Notes and references
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External links
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- 1907 births
- 1946 deaths
- Curiohaus trials executions by hanging
- Executed German mass murderers
- Executed Nazi concentration camp commandants
- Executed people from Schleswig-Holstein
- German perpetrators of prisoner-of-war massacres in World War II
- Holocaust perpetrators in Poland
- Neuengamme concentration camp personnel
- People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- People from Wesselburen
- SS-Standartenführer
- Stutthof concentration camp personnel
- Waffen-SS personnel