Fritz_Klein_Belsen.jpg


Description Dr Fritz Klein , the camp doctor, standing in a mass grave at Belsen. Klein, who was born in Austro- Hungary, was an early member of the Nazi Party and joined the SS in 1943. He worked in Auschwitz-Birkenau for a year from December 1943 where he assisted in the selection of prisoners to be sent to the gas chambers. After a brief period at Neungamme, Klein moved to Belsen in January 1945. Klein was subsequently convicted of two counts of war crimes and executed in December 1945.
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Source IWMCollections IWM Photo No.: BU 4260 (published closer crop of same photo)
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Oakes, H (Sgt)

No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
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24 April 1945