Karl Hermann Jeschke (born August 17, 1890, date of death unknown) was an SS-''

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'' and member of staff at

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) d ...

. He was prosecuted at the

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. Jeschke was born in Hohenliebenthal. He joined the

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in 1933. He served in the

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fighting on the front until 1944. In July 1944 he was drafted into the

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and sent to Auschwitz, where he worked as a guard. In mid-September 1944 he was transferred to the Charlottengrube subcamp. After

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, Jeschke was tried by the

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. He received a three-year prison sentence. His subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Bibliography

* Cyprian T., Sawicki J., ''Siedem wyroków Najwyższego Trybunału Narodowego'', Poznań 1962

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeschke, Karl 1890 births Year of death missing German Army personnel of World War II People convicted in the Auschwitz trial SS non-commissioned officers German people convicted of crimes against humanity German people imprisoned abroad Waffen-SS personnel