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Info on members of the KL Dachau

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Post by Georg_S » 01 Dec 2005, 21:36

Hello All,

Can someone provide me info on following members of the KL Dachau they all served in the Bunker at the KL Dachau.

Johann Kantschuster (1897 - ? )
SS-Obersturmführer
Johann Kantschuster gehörte von 1933 bis 1939 dem Kommandanturstab des KZ Dachau an Der wegen seiner Brutalität gefürchtete Aufseher ermordete mehrere Häftlinge Er ist seit 1945 verschollen

Josef Seuß (1906-1946)
SS-Scharführer
Josef Seuß gehörte seit April 1933 der Wachtruppe bzw. dem Kommandanturstab des KZ Dachau an. Von 1938 bis 1942 leistete er Jourdienst im Bunker. 1946 wurde er im ersten Dachau-Prozess zum Tode verurteilt und hingerichtet.

Johann Kick (1901-1946)
Kriminalsekretär (Gestapo)
Johann Kick war von 1937 bis 1945 Leiter der Politischen Abteilung (Gestapo)
des KZ Dachau. Er misshandelte Gefangene und beteiligte sich an Exekutionen.
Im ersten Dachau-Prozess wurde zum Tode verurteilt und hingerichtet.


Any help is appriciated

Thanks in advance,

Georg

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Post by David Thompson » 05 Dec 2005, 17:49

Kick, Johann (24.11.1901-29.5.1946) [SS-Untersturmfűhrer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Dachau 1937-1944; chief, political department, KL Dachau {trial for war crimes announced by American authorities 20 Oct 1945 (NYT 21 Oct 1945:11:3); indicted by an American military tribunal at Dachau 2 Nov 1945 on charges of murder and torture in the administration of the concentration camp at Dachau between 1 Jan 1942 and 29 Apr 1945 (NYT 4 Nov 1945:29:1; NYT 7 Nov 1945:10:2); put on trial by an American military tribunal at Dachau 15 Nov 1945 (NYT 16 Nov 1945:9:5; NYT 17 Nov 1945:7:2; NYT 18 Nov 1945:1:6; NYT 20 Nov 1945:6:3; NYT 22 Nov 1945:18:4; NYT 24 Nov 1944:13:5; NYT 25 Nov 1945:32:6; NYT 9 Dec 1945:38:1) convicted 12 Dec 1945 (NYT 13 Dec 1945:13:4); sentenced to death by hanging 13 Dec 1945 (NYT 14 Dec 1945:11:1; Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression VI, pps. 288-296 [Document 3590-PS]); executed 29 May 1946 (Marcus Wendel and Dean Robson, "Third Reich Factbook - Dachau Trial", http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/warcr ... dachau.htm ; Third Reich Historical Forum, "Landsberg Executions," http://www.thirdreichforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=23517 ).}

Seuss, Josef (3.3.1906-28.5.1946) [SS-Hauptscharfuehrer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Dachau {indicted by an American military tribunal at Dachau 2 Nov 1945 on charges of murder and torture in the administration of the concentration camp at Dachau between 1 Jan 1942 and 29 Apr 1945 (NYT 4 Nov 1945:29:1; NYT 7 Nov 1945:10:2); put on trial 15 Nov 1945 (NYT 16 Nov 1945:9:5; NYT 17 Nov 1945:7:2; NYT 18 Nov 1945:1:6; NYT 20 Nov 1945:6:3; NYT 22 Nov 1945:18:4; NYT 24 Nov 1944:13:5; NYT 25 Nov 1945:32:6; NYT 9 Dec 1945:38:1); convicted of war crimes 12 Dec 1945 (NYT 13 Dec 1945:13:4); sentenced to death by hanging 13 Dec 1945 (NYT 14 Dec 1945:11:1; Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression VI, pps. 288-296 [Document 3590-PS]); executed 28 May 1946 at Landsberg-am-Lech prison (Marcus Wendel and Dean Robson, "Third Reich Factbook - Dachau Trial", http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/warcr ... dachau.htm ; Third Reich Historical Forum, "Landsberg Executions," http://www.thirdreichforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=23517 ).}


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Post by Ludger » 05 Dec 2005, 20:45

Is Josef Seuss somehow connected with Wolfgangg Seuss??

http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/FRANC ... rials.html
guard, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof, service, KL Dachau
{put on trial 1954 by a French military tribunal at Metz for the mass murder of deportees; convicted and sentenced to death; trial annulled on procedural grounds;
put on trial for a second time by a French military tribunal at Metz May 1955; convicted and sentenced to death
pardoned; arrested by West German authorities for the murder of a Jewish prisoner by putting him in a concrete mixer and for the mistreatment of prisoners at KL Dachau; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 22 Jun 1960}

Greetings from

Ludger

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Post by Phil Nix » 06 Dec 2005, 12:35

Johann Kantschuster born 20.5.1897 Party Nr 76941 SS Nr 58541 Usf 12,9,37 Osf 11.9.38 Golden Party Badge IK 2 Wond Badge in Black
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Post by Georg_S » 06 Dec 2005, 15:55

Thanks both Ludger and Phil!

//Georg

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Re: Info on members of the KL Dachau

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Post by NAFIV » 18 Oct 2016, 09:38

Greetings Georg,
See this thread goes back to 2005 however, I am the great grandson of Josef Seüß. If there is any information you can't find on my great grandfather, let me know.

And Ludger- Yes, Wolfgang is his brother.

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Re: Info on members of the KL Dachau

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Post by Ludger » 18 Oct 2016, 19:57

Thanks for the info, NAFIV.

Greetings from
Ludger

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