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Kurt Franz: Sadistic Nazi Commandant of Treblinka Extermination Camp
Kurt Franz was one of the most brutal perpetrators of the Holocaust — a man whose innocent appearance hid a capacity for cruelty that made him feared in every camp he served. Born in Düsseldorf in 1914, Franz joined the Nazi Party before Hitler came to power and later entered the SS “Death’s Head Units,” the formation responsible for running the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. His career followed the darkest path of the regime, from Buchenwald to the T4 killing centers, where he helped implement the mass murder of disabled men, women, and children. In 1942 Franz arrived in…
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