Stutthof

SS-Sturmbannführer Paul Werner Hoppe, Stutthof & Oranienburg

Paul Werner Hoppe

Kommandant at Stutthof (1942-1945.) Won the Iron Cross First Class, while serving in the SS Totenkopf Division. He was sentenced to nine years imprisonment, released in 1966 and died in July 1974. After the war, he stated about the Final Solution, “All this never happened. It’s all lies.” (see 2,000 Quotes.)

SS-Sturmbannführer Paul Werner Hoppe, Stutthof & OranienburgThe Fifth Field2015-09-09T20:07:13-05:00

SS-Obersturmbannführer Max Pauly, Stutthof & Neuengamme

Max Pauly

Kommandant at Stutthof (1941-1942) and Neuengamme (1942-1945.) Some 65,000 to 85,000 persons perished at Stutthof during the war, while 40,000 to 56,000 died at Neuengamme. Max Pauly was hanged on October 8, 1948 at Hameln, Germany, probably by the British hangman Albert Pierrepoint.

SS-Obersturmbannführer Max Pauly, Stutthof & NeuengammeThe Fifth Field2015-09-09T20:08:59-05:00