Before the war he was a member of SS Tötenkopfstandarte Oberbayern.
September 1939 mobilized into the SS Tötenkopf Infantry Regiment 1, Tötenkopf Infantry Division.
Participated in the Westfeldzug offensive in May - June 1940.
Summer 1940 transferred to the KL Flossenburg.
Spring 1942 transferred to KL Niederhagen.
April 1943 KL Niederhagen is closed and Pott is transferred to Bergen - Belsen.
11 April 1945 accompanies 'The lost transport'.
During the journey an eyewitness reports him taking a prisoner into the forest and coming back alone.
After a 14 day journey across Germany the train was liberated 23 April 1945 by the Russians near Tröbitz.
22/23 April 1945 he leaves the train prior to liberation.
23 April 1945 killed by a shot to the head, probably by advancing Soviet troops, and buried in Saxdorf.
Reburied In Lausitz.
1946 his remains are re - transferred to his home town.
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