Josef Klehr
Josef Klehr | |
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Klehr in custody of the Frankfurt Police | |
| Born | 17 October 1904 Langenau (now a part of Kietrz, Province of Silesia, German Empire |
| Died | 23 August 1988 (aged 83) Leiferde, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Convictions | Murder (475 counts) Accessory to murder (2730 counts) |
| Trial | Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment with hard labour |
| Details | |
| Victims | Thousands (possibly as high as 14,000) |
Span of crimes | 1941–1945 |
| Country | German-occupied Poland |
| Location | Auschwitz concentration camp |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Schutzstaffel |
| Rank | Oberscharführer, SS |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Josef Klehr (17 October 1904 – 23 August 1988) was an SS-Oberscharführer (master sergeant), supervisor in several Nazi concentration camps and head of the SS disinfection commando at Auschwitz concentration camp.