Franz Abromeit | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1907-08-08)8 August 1907 Tilsit,Kingdom of Prussia,German Empire(now Sovetsk,Kaliningrad Oblast) |
| Died | 30 June 1964(1964-06-30) (aged 56) Republic of Egypt |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  SS |
| Years of service | 1937–45 |
| Rank | Hauptsturmführer |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Franz Abromeit (8 August 1907 – 30 June 1964) was anSS officer and worked in theReich Security Main Office (RSHA). He was guilty ofwar crimes against Jews, but escaped from Germany at the end ofWorld War II in Europe. In 1964 he was declared dead.
Abromeit was born inTilsit, and in his youth he was a leather merchant. Abromeit joined theNazi Party (member number 329,305) and theSS (member number 272,353). In 1937 he was promoted in rank to SS-Untersturmführer, in 1938 SS-Obersturmführer and in 1940 SS-Hauptsturmführer. From 1939 to 1941 he served as head of the SD-Special Section for the Evacuation of Poles and Jews that forced resettlement fromDanzig andWest Prussia.
From 1942 he wasJewish adviser toCroatia in the Jewish Section (IVB4) of theReich Security Main Office (RSHA) under SS-ObersturmbannführerAdolf Eichmann.[1] 5,500 Jews were deported and most murdered. In 1944 he was employed with Eichmann,Dieter Wisliceny,Theodor Dannecker,Hermann Krumey [de],Siegfried Seidl, andFranz Novak in Hungary, to oversee the deportation of Jews in the concentration camps atAuschwitz. Over 430,000 Jews were deported from Hungary, of whom some 200,000 were murdered upon arrival.[2] Abromeit was one of the closest stewards under Eichmann.
He escaped Germany asWorld War II in Europe came to an end and was believed to have gone toEgypt. In 1964 he was declared dead.