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'''Karl Frenzel''', SS-Oberscharführer, born [[August 28]], 1911. Sent to [[Sobibór extermination camp]] on [[August 28]], 1942, he remained there until the prisoner revolt on [[October 14]], 1943. During his stay he aided in the implementation of the ''[[Final Solution]]'', taking part in the industrial-scale [[genocide|extermination]] of thousands of inmates as part of [[Operation Reinhard]].<ref>*Arad, Yitzhak: ''Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: the Operation Reinhard death camps. Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1987, p. 191f.''</ref> In 1966 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for personally murdering six jews, and for his part in the murder of a further 150,000.<ref>{{cite web | first = Blatt, Thomas | authorlink = http://www.sobibor.info | title = Sobibor, The Forgotten Revolt | url = http://www.sobibor.info/murderers.html}}</ref> He was released on a technicality in 1982, re-tried, and again sentenced to life imprisonment. Due to ill health, the sentence was not imposed.<ref>{{cite web | first = Blatt, Thomas | authorlink = http://www.sobibor.info | title = Sobibor, The Forgotten Revolt | url = http://www.sobibor.info/confrontation.html}}</ref>
'''Karl Frenzel''', SS-Oberscharführer, born [[August 28]], 1911. Sent to [[Sobibór extermination camp]] on [[August 28]], 1942, he remained there until the prisoner revolt on [[October 14]], 1943. During his stay he aided in the implementation of the ''[[Final Solution]]'', taking part in the industrial-scale [[genocide|extermination]] of thousands of inmates as part of [[Operation Reinhard]].<ref>*Arad, Yitzhak: ''Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: the Operation Reinhard death camps. Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1987, p. 191f.''</ref> In 1966 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for personally murdering six jews, and for his part in the murder of a further 150,000 as Commandant of Sobibór's Lager (camp) No. I.<ref>{{cite web | first = Blatt, Thomas | authorlink = http://www.sobibor.info | title = Sobibor, The Forgotten Revolt | url = http://www.sobibor.info/murderers.html}}</ref> He was released on a technicality in 1982, re-tried, and again sentenced to life imprisonment. Due to ill health, the sentence was not imposed.<ref>{{cite web | first = Blatt, Thomas | authorlink = http://www.sobibor.info | title = Sobibor, The Forgotten Revolt | url = http://www.sobibor.info/confrontation.html}}</ref>


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Karl Frenzel, SS-Oberscharführer, born August 28, 1911. Sent to Sobibór extermination camp on August 28, 1942, he remained there until the prisoner revolt on October 14, 1943. During his stay he aided in the implementation of the Final Solution, taking part in the industrial-scale extermination of thousands of inmates as part of Operation Reinhard.[1] In 1966 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for personally murdering six jews, and for his part in the murder of a further 150,000 as Commandant of Sobibór's Lager (camp) No. I.[2] He was released on a technicality in 1982, re-tried, and again sentenced to life imprisonment. Due to ill health, the sentence was not imposed.[3]

Interview by Sobibór survivor Thomas Blatt

References

  1. ^ *Arad, Yitzhak: Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: the Operation Reinhard death camps. Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1987, p. 191f.
  2. ^ "Sobibor, The Forgotten Revolt". {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |authorlink= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Sobibor, The Forgotten Revolt". {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |authorlink= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)