- Hermann Florstedt
Hermann Florstedt (
February 8 ,1895 –April 15 ,1945 ) (NSDAP-488 573, SS-8660), born inBitsch , became the third Commandant of Majdanek Concentration Camp in October 1942.A
World War I veteran, Florstedt was awarded theIron Cross .Brought into Majdanek to replace
Max Kögel , Florstedt had earlier served at Sachsenhausen from 1940-1942.He was replaced by the interim commander
Martin Gottfried Weiss , after theSS charged him with embezzlement and arbitrarily killing prisoners - having been investigated by SS JudgeGeorg Konrad Morgen . He was executed by the SS onApril 15 1945 .He was alleged to have had an affair with
Ilse Koch .Ranks Held
* SS
Untersturmführer 9.11.33
* SSHauptsturmführer 1.4.34
*SSSturmbannführer 9.6.34
*SSObersturmbannführer 20.4.35
*SSStandartenführer 20.4.38
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