Christian Wirth

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Christian Wirth was a high-ranking SS officer and early architect of the Nazi extermination camp system, playing a central role in the implementation of the Holocaust.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi official
SS officer
human
war criminal
activityRegion Italy during World War II
occupied Poland
occupied Yugoslavia
allegiance Nazi Germany
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
citizenship Germany
commanded Belzec extermination camp
conflict World War II
countryOfBirth German Empire
dateOfBirth 1885-11-24
dateOfDeath 1944-05-26
employer Reich Main Security Office
SS and Police Leadership in occupied territories
familyName Wirth
fullName Christian Wirth
givenName Christian
ideology Nazism
involvedIn Belzec extermination camp construction and operation
Sobibor extermination camp organization
Treblinka extermination camp organization
mannerOfDeath killed in action
memberOf National Socialist German Workers' Party
Schutzstaffel
militaryBranch Schutzstaffel
militaryRank SS-Standartenführer
notableFor central role in implementation of the Holocaust
command positions in Operation Reinhard death camps
early architect of Nazi extermination camp system
key role in Aktion T4 euthanasia program
occupation camp commandant
police officer
security official
participatedIn Aktion T4
Operation Reinhard
perpetratorOf Holocaust
crimes against humanity
mass murder of Jews
placeOfBirth Oberbalzheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
placeOfDeath near Trieste, Italian Social Republic
politicalParty National Socialist German Workers' Party
religion Roman Catholic
roleInAktionT4 organizer of gas chamber killings
roleInOperationReinhard inspector of extermination camps
servedIn German police before Nazi seizure of power


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