Martin Gottfried Weiss and 39 others Hauptscharführer Franz-Xaver Trenkle

Date Of Birth : 02/08/1899
Position Within Bergen-Belsen : Schutzhäftlagerführer
Died : 28/05/1946
Comments :
Trial : Martin Gottfried Weiss and 39 others
Trial Location : Dachau, 15 November - 13 December 1945
Trial Defendent Number : 4
CROWCASS File Number:
27412
   
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Brief History

Joined the SS in 1932

Was at Dachau (1933), Neuengamme and Sachsenhausen.

Transferred to Bergen-Belsen March 1944 as a replacement for Untersturmführer Hermann Campe. During this period he was a Kommando führer at the Tannenberglager at Unterlüss

6 January 1945 acted as a Command Officer and supervised camp prisoners in Dachau.

Arrested 15 November 1945

Defendant No 4 at the 'Trial of Martin Gottfried Weiss and 39 others' (Dachau case 000-50-2) 02 November 1945 - 13 December 1945.

Found guilty 13 December 1945 and sentenced to 'death by hanging'.

Executed at Landsberg 1044 hrs 28 May 1946.

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