Dieter Wisliceny | |
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| Born | Dietrich Wisliceny 13 January 1911 (1911-01-13) Estate Regulowken nearMosdzehnen, Kreis Angerburg, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 4 May 1948 (1948-05-05) (aged 37) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
| Conviction | Crimes against humanity |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
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| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Sturmabteilung Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1931–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Hauptsturmführer |
| Unit | SS-Totenkopfverbände |
| Relations | Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny (brother) |
Dietrich "Dieter" Wisliceny (13 January 1911 – 4 May 1948) was a member of theSchutzstaffel (SS) and one of the deputies ofAdolf Eichmann, helping to organise and coordinate the large-scale deportations of theJews across Europe during theHolocaust.
Dieter was born in 1911 as the son of thelord of the manor (Rittergut Regulowken) Erich Wisliceny (d. 1928) and his wife Wally, née Paul, in East Prussia. In 1919, after losing the estate, the family moved toSilesia.
After graduating fromGymnasium inBreslau, Wisliceny began studying theology in 1930 at theUniversity of Breslau, but dropped out after one semester.
On 1 October 1931, Wisliceny became a member of theNazi Party and of a formation of theSturmabteilung (SA). In 1934, he switched from the SA to the SS and became a member of theSD. Wisliceny eventually rose to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) in 1940; he worked in theReich Security Main Office Referat IV B4 underAdolf Eichmann.[1]
During implementation of theFinal Solution, his task was theghettoization and liquidation of several importantJewish communities inNazi-occupied Europe, including those ofGreece,Hungary andSlovakia. Wisliceny also re-introduced theyellow star in occupied countries; the yellow star being used to distinguish Jews from non-Jews.
Wisliceny was an important witness at theNuremberg trials. His testimony would later prove important in the successfulprosecution of Eichmann for his complicity in the Holocaust inIsrael in 1961.
Wisliceny was extradited toCzechoslovakia, where he was tried and hanged forwar crimes in 1948.
Dieter Wisliceny in his testimony given before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 3 January 1946, erroneously identifies theAuschwitz concentration camp as the concentration areaSosnowitz (which was one of its dozens of subcamps).
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