SS Gerhard Maurer..Any info?

[J. Duncan]

Hello - This "Gerhard Maurer" seems to be a slippery figure who has escaped notice in just every Third Reich encyclopedia, book, SS etc...the "Encyclopedia of the holocaust" 9 (israel gutman - 4 vols.) has no article on him nor does Zenter's "Ency. Third reich"...Maurer is discussed in Rudolf Höss's "Commandant of Auschwitz" as being a big-shot in the camp inspectorate..you would think there would be more on this man but there isn't. Andrew Mollo's "Pictorial SS" has an early photo of a "Schaub, Schreck, "Maurer", and Schneider"......does anyone have any info on this murky figure?
Any photos exist of him? Thanks. (Duncan)

[freddiefro]

I have this:

Maurer, Gerhard
SS-Standartenführer
Born: 09.12.1907 in Halle/Saale
Died: 02.04.1953 in Krakau
NSDAP Nr.: 387 103
SS Nr.: 12 129 (joined 1931)
Promotions:
SS-Ustuf: 14.03.1934; SS-Ostuf: 09.11.1934; SS Hstuf: 09.11.1935; SS Stubaf: 09.11.1936; SS Ostubaf: ?; SS-Staf: 20.04.1944

SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt: 11.1941
Chef der Amtsgruppe DII, SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt: 05.1942
Verantwortlich für den Arbeitseinsatz der KZ-Häftlinge: 5.1942
Apprehended in Nürnberg: 03.1947
Sentenced to death in Krakau: 22.12.1947

From Ernst Klee's "Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich":
"Am 10.02.1943 Vereinbarung mit IG-Auschwitz, daß in Monowitz schwache gegen gesunde Häftlinge ausgetauscht werden, mit der Konsequenz, daß die Arbeitsunfähigen in die Gaskammer kommen (Darstellungen 3)."

You will find a picture of him here: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... er#p419188

-Fred

[J. Duncan]

Thanks Fred - that's the man - of "DII Wirtschaft" - he must have worked for Oswald Pohl. He was also a younger man than Hoess, having been born in 1907 - a man only in his mid thirties with so much power, yet most of them were young. I still find it strange that not much is written on him as he was a big shot of the Holocaust mentioned in an appendix by Hoess. I think he might have been Höss's boss when he worked for the Inspectorate. The pic. of 1923 by Mollo is obviously not the same Maurer.
Maybe someone will find a photo. Thanks again. (Duncan)

[freddiefro]

Addition to my posting above:
Ostubaf: 9.11.40; Ostubaf der WSS: 16.3.42
Stab Oa. Mitte: (Dienststellung in the 01.10.1934 DAL)
Üb. L. Dachau (Dienststellung in the 01.12.1938 DAL)

-Fred

[J. Duncan]

Oops - i belatedly saw your link - thanks for the photo link. yes, he looks very young. the other photos of that section are fascinating as well. i just love this MB because there's always someone who can find a rare photo. thanks again. (Duncan)

[Shadowman]

Hi! The man along with Hitler and others in the photograph from 1923 is Hans-Jörg Maurer (1891-1959). Here is a link with a photo and information on him. Cheers!

http://www.forosegundaguerra.com/viewto ... 52&t=10075 (Spanish)