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Hermann Hackmann: Sadistic Nazi Camp Officer Sentenced to Death by the SS
Hermann Hackmann was a senior SS concentration camp official whose career took him from Buchenwald to Majdanek, where he became notorious for brutality against prisoners and involvement in executions.
Born in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1913, Hackmann trained as a bricklayer before joining the SS in November 1933. His career within the Nazi concentration camp system included service at Esterwegen, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, and eventually Majdanek in German-occupied Poland.
At Buchenwald, Hackmann rose to positions of considerable authority under commandant Karl Otto Koch, serving as report leader…
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