Hermann Florstedt
Arthur Hermann Florstedt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 February 1895 |
| Died | On or after 5 April 1945 |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction | Embezzlement |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | German Empire (1912–1918) Weimar Germany (1918–1919) |
| Branch | Imperial German Army (1912–1919) Schutzstaffel (1931–1945) |
| Years of service | 1912–1919 1931–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Standartenführer |
| Commands | Majdanek concentration camp |
| Awards | Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 Honor Cross of World War 1914/1918 SA-Sports Badge in Bronze NSDAP Party Badge |
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Arthur Hermann Florstedt (18 February 1895 – 5 April 1945) was a German SS official who served as the third commandant of Majdanek concentration camp from November 1942 to October 1943.
Florstedt was a veteran of World War I and involved in right-wing paramilitaries before joining the Nazi Party in 1931. Florstedt rose through the ranks of the SS to hold high-ranking positions at various Nazi concentration camps from 1939, including Buchenwald where he developed a reputation for brutality against prisoners. Florstedt was arrested in 1943 during a corruption investigation into Karl-Otto Koch for stealing the valuables of Holocaust victims at Majdanek. Florstedt was convicted and sentenced to death, but his execution on 5 April 1945 shortly before the end of World War II is unconfirmed and his fate is unknown.