Hermann Baranowski
Hermann Baranowski (11 June 1884 in Schwerin – 5 February 1940 in Aue) was a German politician and military figure. A member of the Nazi Party, he is best known as the commandant of two German concentration camps of the SS Death's Head unit.[1] He was the Schutzhaftlagerführer of Dachau concentration camp in 1938, where he had been sent as compound leader in 1936.[2] He served as the SS-Oberführer of Sachsenhausen concentration camp from February 1938 - September 1939.[citation needed] He was noted to be especially sadistic.[3][4]
References
- ^ Tuchel, Konzentrationslager, S. 371. Die bei Tuchel angegebenen Ränge sind auf die zum Zeitpunkt der Ernennung gebräuchlichen Bezeichnungen geändert.
- ^ Dachau and the SS: A Schooling in Violence – Christopher Dillon – Google Books
- ^ Crossing Hitler: The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand – Benjamin Carter Hett – Google Books
- ^ Werner Scholem: A German Life – Mirjam Zadoff – Google Books
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| Preceded by SS-Standartenführer Otto Reich | Commandant of Lichtenburg concentration camp April 1936 – October 1936 | Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Hans Helwig |
| Preceded by SS-Oberführer Hans Helwig | Commandant of Sachsenhausen concentration camp February 1938 – September 1939 | Succeeded by SS-Oberführer Hans Loritz |
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