KL Buchenwald personnel

[Phil Nix]

A little more on Dr Werner Kirchet born Halle an-der-Salle 4.10.1905
Lagerarzt KZ Sachsenberg 1.6.36 - 1.5.37
Stellv Fuhrer Sanitatstaffel SS TV Oberbayern to 1.11.37
Fuhrer Sanitatsstaffel SS TV Thuringen to 1.12.38
Chef 2 Sanitats kp SS Tot Div 14.11.39 - 1.4.40
Leitenderarzt beim Inspektion der Kz 1.4.40- 8.40
Leitenderarzt RHSA 1.1.43 - 17.9.43
Leitenderarzt HSSPF Elbe 17/9/43 - 15.11.44
Gruppenarzt Einsaztgruppe H 15.11.44
Leitenderarzt BdS Slowakian dann HSSPF Slowakian 15.11.44 - 5.45
Promoted Standarteführer 30 1 45
Philmil

[Ludger]

Here is a picture of Kirchert (unfortunaltely in a poor quality).

Greetings from

Ludger

[PHILBROWN]

dont wish to muddy the waters, but , does anyone know about otto zielonka d.o.b. 27.07.12 rottenfuhrer at b/wald from 28/11/39 to 26/6/40 ive contacted all the war grave commisions and archives in germany , all i , know is he was not k.i.a. and has no war grave. i presume he survived, he was totenkopf 7/10 any line would be appreciated, my interest is ive got his wehpass. cheers phil.

[Major-Lindner]

Hello!
Has somebody more Names for SS-Men, who served in KL Buchenwald?
And, where do you all get this names from the Personal of the KL Buchenwald?

Regards
Olaf Erich Neumann

[Georg_S]

Hello Olaf,

I am waiting for the complete list from 1937 until end of 1944
of all SS Members of the KL Buchenwald.

When I get it I will look for your relative.

Best reg.

Georg

[rbea]

hello,
does anybody have a picture of the buchenwald bunker commander martin sommer?
thanks in advance,rbea

[Georg_S]

Hello Rbea,

Here is a photo of him.

Best reg.

Georg

[rbea]

thank you,georg, for the picture of sommer. i have visited buchenwald and the bunker too. there are there still some of the tools that sommer used to mistreat the prisoners, a horible sight. thanks again,rbea

[Researcher]

Here are some more SS men who served in Buchanwald.

Werner Berger
Horst Dittrich
Victor Hantscharenko
Otto Hoppe
Georg Konig
Franz Zinecker

They were all convicted of crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.
If anyone has their dates of birth I would be most grateful.

Regards
Researcher

[dylan]

Hi Researcher

Berger werner SS mann 22/1/1901
Dittrich Horst SS hauptscharf. 6/8/1911.
Hoppe Otto SS oberscharf(.uncertain 1910)
Hantscharenko victor SS mann: ?
Zinecker franz SS unterscharf : (uncertain 1908)

Dylan

[Researcher]

Hi dylan,

Where have you been?

Are you uncertain of the full date, but the year is correct or is the year uncertain?

Regards
Researcher

[dylan]

Hi Researcher

Just reading some books nothing else.
All birthdays come from wanted war criminals lists so its allways possible that something is wrong.

regards dylan

[Jeremy Dixon]

Hermann Hackmann and "Johnny" Hackmann are the same person I think? Can anyone confirm this?

[dylan]

Hi Jeremy

Its indeed the same person.

regards Dylan

[Georg_S]

Here's some that you have, with some additional details, and others which you don't have. I hope it's helpful.
Voelkner (Völkner), Karl-Wilhelm (1898-?) [SS-Obersturmfuehrer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Buchenwald 1940-1944; service, KL Flossenbuerg (Flossenbürg) 1944; guards commander, KL Buchenwald 1945 {arrested by American troops 20 May 1945 (NYT 21 May 1945:8:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}

More on Völkner:

He was born 26 febr. 1898 in Quedlinburg, he was a pilot during the WW I (9.1914 - 1.1919), he got several awards in this service. In 1930 he entered the org. "Stahlhelm". He entered the NSDAP and the SS in september1932. He got promoted to SS-Ustuf 20.4.1934, In August 1939 he was once more attached to the Luftwaffe, but that didn´t lst for long and in December the same year he was transfered to the SS-T.V., there he was attached to the SS-T.-Strmb. KL Buchenwald. On 30 Janu. 1943 he was promoted to SS-Ostuf, short before (winter 1942) that he had had become leader of the Baubrigade III. This command did he held until June 1944, he was then transfered to the KL Flossenburg, and there as Kommandofhr. of the AL Leitmeritz, this command did he held to Nov. 1944, his whereabout between Nov 1944 to 15.5.1945 is unknown. He entered the lager Staumühle as POW on that date in may 1945. After the war Völkner was tried by the court in Köln because of told crimes comitted as leader of the Baubrigade III. During the trial several former inmates gave witnesses that told the court that Völkner was very keen about his inmates, he forbade SS-men to beat or punish the inmates, he also gave premission that they could play fotball on the weekends, even Völkner participated some times. Because of that Völkner become a Spitzname from the Inmates, which was "Vater" or "der Alte". Some inmates tried to give another view of Völkner, but in 1975 the trial against Völkner was cancelled.

DoD is unfortunately unknown.

Photo of him in the book: Krieg, Gesellschaft und KZ: Himmlers SS-Baubrigaden written by Karola Fings.
The info above is also from that book.

//Georg