Christian Wirth
German SS officer and concentration camp leader
Born
November 24th, 1885
139 years ago
Died
May 26th, 1944
81 years ago — 58 years old
Category
Military & Warriors
Country
Germany
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Managed the Sobibor and Belzec extermination camps
Implemented gas chamber operations
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