70 years ago on this date, October 8, 1946, the Hangman of Majdanek, Anton Thumann, was executed by hanging at Hamelin Prison.
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Anton Thumann after capture |
Anton Thumann(31 October 1912 — 8 October 1946) was a Nazi German SS-Obersturmführerand a Schutzhaftlagerführer in various concentration camps during World War II. After the war, Thumann was arrested by British occupation forces and charged with crimes against humanity. At the Neuengamme Trial in 1946 he was found to be guilty, sentenced to death and executed by hanging at Hamelin Prison.