Christian Wirth

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Nazi official SS officer human war criminal

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.

Statements (48)

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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Reinhard →	coordinatedBy
Christian Wirth →	fullName
Reinhard program authorities →	hasKeyPerson
Belzec →	hasNotablePerpetrator