Franz Fischer (SS officer)
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| Born | 10 December 1901[1] Bigge, Olsberg, Germany[1] |
| Died | 19 September 1989 (aged 87)[1] Bigge, Olsberg, Germany[1] |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
Franz Fischer (10 December 1901 – 19 September 1989) was a German Sturmscharführer during the Second World War. From November 1940, he was in practice in charge of Referat IV in The Hague, Netherlands.[2] In this capacity, he was responsible for the deportation of 13,000 Jews.[1]
After the war, he was sentenced to death in the Netherlands for war crimes. This was converted to life imprisonment after a pardon. From 1960, he was among the four last German war criminals in prison in the Netherlands, collectively known as the Breda Four. Several clemency requests were rejected, after proposals to release them were met with opposition in parliament and society. In January 1989, Fischer was released and he died the same year.[3]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Franz Fischer". oorlogsbronnen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ Piersma 2005, pp. 34–36.
- ^ Piersma 2005.
References
[edit]- Piersma, Hinke (2005). De drie van Breda: Duitse oorlogsmisdadigers in Nederlandse gevangenschap, 1945-1989 [The Breda Three: German war criminals in Dutch captivity, 1945-1989] (PhD thesis) (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Balans. hdl:11245/1.229423. ISBN 978-90-5018-661-2.
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