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'''Helmut Vetter''' was an ''[[Schutzstaffel|SS]]-[[Hauptsturmführer]]'' and a [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[war criminal]]. |
'''Helmut Vetter''' was an ''[[Schutzstaffel|SS]]-[[Hauptsturmführer]]'' and a [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[war criminal]]. |
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Vetter was a doctor at the [[Auschwitz]] extermination camp, appointed chief doctor by ''[[Reichsführer-SS]]'' [[Heinrich Himmler]]. He joined other doctors (such as [[Hans Koenig]], [[Dr |
Vetter was a doctor at the [[Auschwitz]] extermination camp, appointed chief doctor by ''[[Reichsführer-SS]]'' [[Heinrich Himmler]]. He joined other doctors (such as [[Hans Koenig]], [[Dr Heinz Thilo]], and [[Fritz Klein (Nazi)|Fritz Klein]]) in the task of choosing employable [[Jew]]s to operate the industrial machines and sending others to the [[gas chamber]]s. After the war, Vetter found guilty of committing crimes against humanity . He was hanged in the prison of Landsberg. |
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Revision as of 06:07, 2 December 2012
Helmut Vetter was an SS-Hauptsturmführer and a Nazi war criminal.
Vetter was a doctor at the Auschwitz extermination camp, appointed chief doctor by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. He joined other doctors (such as Hans Koenig, Dr Heinz Thilo, and Fritz Klein) in the task of choosing employable Jews to operate the industrial machines and sending others to the gas chambers. After the war, Vetter found guilty of committing crimes against humanity . He was hanged in the prison of Landsberg.