Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser
Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser | |
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Schmauser in 1939 | |
| Born | 18 January 1890 Hof, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 10 February 1945 (aged 55) site unknown |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch | Royal Saxon Army Schutzstaffel Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1911–1919 1930–1945 |
| Rank | Hauptmann SS-Obergruppenführer |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class Wound Badge in silver Knight's Cross of the Order of Albert, second class with Swords Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry |
Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser (18 January 1890 – 10 February 1945) was a German Nazi Reichstag deputy and SS-Obergruppenführer who was the Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in Breslau (today, Wrocław) during World War II. He was responsible for the death march from Auschwitz–Birkenau concentration camp, in which upwards of 25 percent of the prisoners were killed. In the last months of the war, he was captured by the Red Army and presumed killed.