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Karl Weinbacher | |
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![]() Weinbacher in British custody (1945) | |
Born | 23 June 1898 |
Died | 16 May 1946 (aged 47) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Occupation(s) | German business manager and war criminal |
Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
Motive | Financial gain |
Conviction(s) | War crimes |
Criminal penalty | Death penalty |
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Victims | ~1.1 million (as an accomplice) |
Span of crimes | 1 January 1941 – 31 March 1945 |
Country | Germany and Poland |
Location(s) | Auschwitz concentration camp Sachsenhausen concentration camp Neuengamme concentration camp Majdanek concentration camp Ravensbrück concentration camp |
Weapon | Zyklon B |
Karl Weinbacher (23 June 1898 – 16 May 1946) was a German manager and war criminal who was executed after conviction by a British war tribunal following World War II. He and his boss, Bruno Tesch, were the only businessmen to be executed for their roles in Nazi atrocities and the Holocaust in Western Europe.