70 years ago on this date, 28 May 1946, the Dachau Concentration Camp Commandant, Otto Förschner, was executed by hanging at Landsberg Prison.
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Otto Förschner in US custody, 1945 |
Otto Förschner (November 4, 1902 – May 28, 1946) was a German SS-Sturmbannführer and a Nazi concentration camp officer. He served as commandant of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp and the Dachau sub-camp of Kaufering.