Max Pauly (1 June 1907 – 8 October 1946) was an SS-''

Standartenführer __NOTOC__ ''Standartenführer'' (short: ''Staf'', , ) was a Nazi Party (NSDAP) paramilitary rank that was used in several NSDAP organizations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK. First founded as a title in 1925, in 1928 it became one of ...

'' who was the commandant of

Stutthof concentration camp Stutthof was a Nazi concentration camp established by Nazi Germany in a secluded, marshy, and wooded area near the village of Stutthof (now Sztutowo) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) in the territory of the German-an ...

from September 1939 to August 1942 and commandant of

Neuengamme concentration camp Neuengamme was a network of Nazi concentration camps in northern Germany that consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and List of subcamps of Neuengamme, more than 85 satellite camps. Established in 1938 near the village of Neuengamme, Hamburg, N ...

and the associated subcamps from September 1942 until liberation in May 1945. He lived on site with his family. Prior to his assignment at the camps, Pauly had presided over the executions of Polish POWs captured after the Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig. Pauly was tried by the British for

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with 13 others in the ''Curio Haus'' in

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which was located in the British occupied sector of Germany. The trial lasted from 18 March to 13 May 1946. He was found guilty and sentenced to death with 11 other defendants. He was never tried for the crimes committed at Stutthof.

Execution

Pauly was executed by

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Albert Pierrepoint Albert Pierrepoint ( ; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English Executioner, hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry Pierrepoint, Henry and uncle Thomas Pierrepoint, Th ...

in Hamelin Prison on 8 October 1946.Ernst Klee: The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich persons: who came before and after 1945. Publisher: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007. .The SS: Alibi of a Nation, 1922–1945 Publisher: Da Capo Press (21 March 1989) Language: English , .

Legacy

Pauly is mentioned under the name of "Hans" in

Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 190820 September 2005) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture, and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Janowska concentration camp (la ...

's 1967 book, ''The Murderers Among Us'' (ch. 22, "The Other Side of the Moon").

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Neuengamme Museum
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pauly, Max 1907 births 1946 deaths Curiohaus trials executions by hanging Executed German mass murderers Executed Nazi concentration camp commandants Executed people from Schleswig-Holstein German perpetrators of World War II prisoner of war massacres Holocaust perpetrators in Poland Neuengamme concentration camp personnel People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein People from Wesselburen SS-Standartenführer Stutthof concentration camp personnel Waffen-SS personnel

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