EXECUTION of Hans Aumeier - Extremely Sadistic NAZI Commandant at Auschwitz & Kaufering Camps

Execution of Hans Aumeier - Extremely Sadistic Nazi Commandant at Auschwitz & Kaufering Camps.
Hans Aumeier was born on the 20th of August 1906 in Amberg then part of the German Empire.
In August 1929, Aumeier became one of the earliest members of the SS with the identification number 2,700 and soon after joining the organization he belonged to the Munich staff of Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS.
The SS - Schutzstaffel or Protection Squads - was originally established in April 1925 to protect Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders and speakers and provide security for political meetings. SS officers were directly responsible for the management of concentration camps, where millions of Jews were murdered by poison gas.
One such officer became Hans Aumeier whose career in concentration camps began in January 1934 at Dachau situated near Munich. Established in March 1933 it was the first regular concentration camp built by the Nazi government.
In April 1936 Aumeier was deployed as a guard in the Esterwegen concentration camp located near the German-Dutch border.
In December 1936, Aumeier became an independent commander of the guard company in the Lichtenburg camp.
Between 1937-1938 Aumeier held the same position at Buchenwald and in August 1938 he served as camp director and deputy commandant at the Flossenbürg concentration camp.
Flossenbürg’s original purpose was to exploit the forced labor of prisoners for the production of granite for Nazi construction projects. Until mid-1943 when the camp became a key supplier of Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft parts, the quarry occupied the labor of about half of the prisoner population.
In January 1942 Hans Aumeier arrived in Auschwitz becoming Deputy commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp.
On Aumeier’s order, 144 women were shot on the 19th of March 1942, at the execution wall in the courtyard of Blocks 10 and 11. On the 27th of May 1942, he was present at a mass execution of 168 prisoners who were shot in the same way.
On that day approximately 400 Polish political prisoners were forced into the penal company. Prisoners were assigned to the penal company for various reasons such escape attempts, contact with civilians or the illegal possession of food, money, additional clothing, or family photographs, or sluggishness at work-in the opinion of the SS supervisors. They performed the hardest labor, usually at double time or on the run and they were liable to be beaten continually by SS men and prisoner functionaries.
Aumeier was known to all the prisoners for beating and kicking them for the slightest fault - for example, failure to march to the pace and rhythm of the orchestra. He was an alcoholic and used to shoot prisoners for no reason when he was drunk.
After the war, Auschwitz survivors testified that whenever Hans Aumeier appeared, the SS men who supervised the work would begin to behave with great cruelty towards the prisoners, yell at them and beat them even more.
Aumeier was also active in the selections on the rail ramp when the arrivals, lined up into two columns, were selected for labor or for work.
In December 1944 Aumeier became a commandant of Kaufering which was the common name of a system of eleven subcamps of the Dachau concentration camp system. The conditions in Kaufering were horrible. The prisoners deported to each of the 11 subcamps had to construct the accommodation themselves. The resulting huts, partially buried for camouflage from aerial reconnaissance, were completely inadequate for the weather conditions.
In January 1945, Hans Aumeier took over as commandant of the Grini police prison camp in Nazi-occupied Norway. He treated prisoners here in a completely different way than in previous camps. Aumeier was lenient towards them, collaborated with the Norwegian Red Cross even letting them enter the camp and on the 7th of May 1945, he released the prisoners and closed the camp.
In the following year he was extradited to Poland where he was tried at the Auschwitz trial which began on the 24th of November 1947 and lasted one month.
On the 22nd of December 1947, the Polish Supreme National Tribunal in Krakow sentenced Aumeier to death by hanging.
He was 41 years old when he was executed on the 24th of January 1948
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[@aimeemyers7194]

My grandpa was born in 1919 and fought in WWII. It’s amazing to me how much of the stage was set so far before the war even started, when he was just a little boy. Those boys had no idea how much their lives would change.

[@ChairmanPaulieD]

Your grandfather most likely witnessed death executions 💀 of SS men in his young age and it became another day to him on the job

[@aimeemyers7194]

@@ChairmanPaulieD he never talked about it. He passed away in 2014 at 95 years old.

[@aimeemyers7194]

@@mojkanal212 he passed away in 2014.

[@ChairmanPaulieD]

@@aimeemyers7194 yeah WAR effects your life for the rest of your life so I understand that he didn’t talk about it

[@454FatJack]

@@factsbased.7400 attack never got it’s goal. No total occupation ever

[@medusagorgo5146]

I lived in Grafenwohr for 6 years and Flossenburg isn’t to far from there. We visited the place several times and I was shocked by the fact that people have built their homes where prisoner barracks once stood. In my view, that should be “hallowed” ground. Why would anyone want to live in a place where people were tortured and murdered. Admiral Canaris, Bonhoeffer and scores of POW’s from the United States and the Soviet Union were killed there.

[@nancymilawski1048]

Especially since there might be human remains there.

[@renee1961]

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[@renee1961]

Your voice, and manner of speaking are Perfect for your videos!

[@patpending8134]

It's Stephen Toast!

[@n.miller907]

I always wondered why there are so few colorized film of the concentration camps. The process brings the brutal reality to life compared to grading black and white.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

In the beginning, it was expensive and not always predictable in results... It's always had some unpredictable results... As we became able to digitize everything, the algorithms used to colorize old B&W film have greatly improved, and the process has gotten cheaper and more prolific, but with the internet age, we've got a common troll-type who refuses to appreciate the effort or the resulting effect, preferring instead to dwell on the minutia of what could be found "wrong" and "incorrect" about the resulting images and videos... SO out of respect for the footage and the victims and other subjects involved, almost nobody has the shear force of will to continue pursuing and processing more of the WWII footage. It might well present a more lively and forceful theatrical release of the storylines and bear in more tragic detail to more and further generations the horror and evil that was perpetrated so long ago, BUT the blowback of accusations from behind a dubious justification of "Well, you put in all this much effort for a thing. I'd hope you could AT LEAST do it properly when there are museums full of Nazi uniforms, medals, tools, instruments, and weapons." When in fact, the trolls only exist to shit on everything... Perhaps, though... It might BE better judgment to leave the historical documentation "as is" out of the abundance of respect. At the least, it avoids anyone excusing themselves for shitting all over it later. Some people can't stop themselves being despicable. ;o)

[@renee1961]

Good afternoon, and again, Thank You. I'm watching again..

[@grandelfe]

Hans needed to have the living victims , that hated him the most, take care of his execution. I'm sure they would be creative, and use some of "Attila the Huns," favorite methods.

[@Zerg435]

Someone in Russia still hasn't learned from history. He wants to do it all over again.

[@stevebaker6149]

Many thanks for the well researched report as always. Do you think it would be possible to do a report on Margot Dreschel/Drexler, the deputy to Mandl? There appear to be no photographs of her but she was a principal perpetrator who seems to have been forgotten. Many thanks for your work as always.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Hi Steve, we were thinking about her but that non-existing photograph is a problem ... you would like such a video even without a photo?

[@stevebaker6149]

@@WorldHistoryVideos Many thanks for replying! Yes, even without the apparently non existent photo, it would be interesting. I have certain information on her: office worker who went to work in Auschwitz and was exceptionally brutal. Apparently at the end of the war, Auschwitz survivors recognized her, handed her over to Soviet forces who executed her after a brief trial. But your documentaries really are so well researched and presented that I suspect you could uncover the true story, even without a photo. Apparently she was extremely unattractive with protuding teeth.....

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

@@stevebaker6149 Hi Steve. We are trying to obtain some photo of her, let's see if it works out. But yes, she "deserves" to have her story told ... world should know what kind of monsture she was! We will make a video about her (just don't know when but sometimes soon I believe ) ... thank u

[@stevebaker6149]

@@WorldHistoryVideos Much appreciated!

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[@CanadianMemorials]

I love your Voice......No one Shed Tears for Hitlers screaming judge Roland Freisler..

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Thank you

[@lynyrdskynyrdtributeband]

Who would have ever thought we have come full circle.

[@balancedactguy]

Really Now? Where is there an extensive system of Slave Labour and Death Camps in Europe now??

[@PorcelainViciousVixen]

Anyone who helps cause this pain deserves hell

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

A wonderful historical coverage and explanation of beast prosecutor of Nazism prisoners in several concentration camps

[@MazzyTheGreat]

Good video 😁

[@NtonkaR]

It would have been respectful if he had owned up to his deplorable actions

[@mikloridden8276]

Not really, people like him shouldn’t be allowed to live.

[@iasknoonewithkevin]

Definitely a common thread with these coward-animals. Thank you, World History!

[@renee1961]

Thanks!

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

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[@renee1961]

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[@georgetunstill2341]

Do you or anyone know the story of the Catholic nun who was walking with the children at what I assume is Auschwitz? Who was she and how did she ended up at the extermination camp? Would love for you to do a video on her if you do.

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Yes, I too would like the story of that famous clip of nuns and ___ women leading a group of mostly children to the gas chambers. The World History channel very frequently repeats that clip in their videos.

[@johanneabelsen1644]

It's after the liberation of Auschwitz. The nuns were nurses, called upon by The Red Cross, to help the children, who had survived.

[@2Uahoj]

There were countless such cases.

[@nicoleyoung529]

Is it the clip where the children are in stripes?? If so that's a clip of the children being liberated from the part of Auschwitz where Dr Mengele would experiment on the children.

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

@@2Uahoj It's a very specific video clip that WWII Holocaust videographers often repeat, including "World History." --Is used in a majority of the videos; as there are very few video clips of groups of people actually being lead up to the gas chambers.

[@lucysLifee]

Anyway there were at least 13 million nazis, but convicted only few thousands.🤷‍♀️

[@Hakeem.X]

Many fled and went into hiding after WW2

[@lucysLifee]

@@Hakeem.X Yes and some of them got revenge. But of course not millions or at least thousands.😕

[@antiputin4403]

13 million SS members???

[@lucysLifee]

@@antiputin4403 yes

[@nineofnine]

Strange figure...a total of 15million German people died(soldiers and civilians) and you rekn 13million were actual Nazi member!??! Dunno bout your figures eh

[@salutiesse]

inconsistency of tense- either use past tenses or historic present- isn't consistent all the time.

[@jean6872]

Leaving school at age 12 without any qualifications to take up an apprenticeship (1:05) is a rather misleading and disparaging statement given that an apprenticeship as a fitter is actually continuing his education and to have completed an apprenticeship is a coveted qualification for any working class boy. Had he stayed in secondary school until the last year he would not have any qualification other than a certificate which would have qualified him for nothing, similar to completing high school even today.

[@paulysinatra]

There were no tears shed for hans aumeier

[@janlindtner305]

👍👍👍

[@henrymcmiller2527]

He was only 41 years old, but there was no tears for this Nazi!

[@urisinger842]

How did anyone survive

[@jugsmasterson3313]

My grandfather fought in world war 2. He was just no match for the allies

[@widsonsabourin9560]

I’m sadden they didn’t let any of the victims give him the same treatment after he was captured 😞😞😞

[@mickparker3726]

Horrribllle deliverrrrey .

[@davidjohnlawrence5560]

Aumeier was executed on the 24th of January 1948, and nothing of value was lost.

[@Oklahomarailfan.]

11:48what did he just like Norway??

[@jorgebravo415]

😮

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Not sure about him, but Hitler and more Nazis admired Norway in a way, wishing Germany was more Nordic. The real blend of 'Aryan' race in their propoganda emphasized the Nordic side; when actually many Germans and Austrians, such as Hitler himself, etc, did not look Nordic. Hitler hoped Norway and Denmark would become 'Model 'Republics' in his 1000 Year Reich dream. While invading Denmark, Nazi planes dropped leaflets over Copenhagen claiming they were arriving to protect their Danish cousins from possible British Invasion. The Danes were not fooled. They did work the supposed 'cousiny' relationship when they could, tho. E.g., it was inside friends formerly with the Hamburg America shipping line who tipped off Danes that the Germans would round up the Jews on Roshhashanah. The Danish Resistance, including a family friend, Dr. Poul Kirketerp, spread the word and arrangements: Successfully all but 400 of the 10,000 Danish Jews were hidden and relayed up Jutland, etc, to be spirited by fishing boats to safety in Sweden.

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Also, by the time Au... was posted to Norway, they knew Germany would soon lose the war. So he was likely pretending to be 'nice' / going light on Norwegians, in hopes that would spare him after the war.

[@redtrees]

watched

[@paperchain1239]

This narrator sounds like a speeded up James Mason.

[@patpending8134]

It's Stephen Toast!

[@peterbutts8446]

Look at the traffic director; THAT A GAINT if ever I saw 1!!!!!!!! I mean HUGE!!!!!

[@daniellebrunel2960]

In any case he was very intolerant.

[@Ah1My-Spinach-Puffs1]

Im sensing a common theme with these nazi guards “I knew nothing of the gas chambers.”

[@SOLMF123]

True situation US Army soldiers manage to get captured in History Channel documentary were shot dead by Germans . When US caught up to German troops in town tanks and artillery leveled whole town as payback .

[@sroevukasroevuka]

No great loss.

[@freewheelburning8834]

nice commentating

[@grover6662]

I wish there actually was a hell for these people.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Aye but what happened to Peter Hitler’s beloved cat?Hitler so loved this mischievous cat who entertained him and the inner circle with his feline antics.This cat Peter would purr in contentment on his lap.Peter Cat was never caught or accounted for or brought to justice.What became of this Peter Cat?

[@TheRetirednavy92]

Sadly as bad as the Nazi were, Soviet Union comes in a close secone. If not a tie based on people murdered.

[@daniel24689]

@@episodebeats2817 Bro’s clueless.

[@daniellebrunel2960]

And to top it all, a big liar.

[@balancedactguy]

To "top it"?

[@Indiancommander]

The number of deaths in many different concentration camp could be rising high if the Russians wouldn't have started rapid counter attack on the eastern front. The fear from Aggressively Advancing Russians made Germans to postpone their killings. Love to Mother Russia and Love to Mother India.

[@DrCrabfingers]

Please crawl back under whatever stone you crawled from.

[@jbsang54]

The Nazis tried to destroy God. They could not!

[@ShikataGaNai100]

You can't destroy what never existed in the first place.

[@l.russellbrown9732]

R7

[@JWsd76]

Aumeier.....Scam pure!

[@fuckooooooooooooo]

nazis nazis im afraid 😮

[@themudthedirtandthesand9079]

The way this narrator talks, like he is trying to get attention, makes this video impossible for me to watch.

[@ShikataGaNai100]

Then don't f***ing watch, troll.

[@juhanilaasonen4212]

Bot

[@chrislogston6072]

I bet his family shed tears over his death!!!!

[@annabeeamputee]

Sick and twisted people

[@iasknoonewithkevin]

Eh, doubtful. Thank you, World History!

[@claytonhall989]

That’s your takeaway from him murdering and torturing people??

[@chrislogston6072]

Yep sure is......

[@claytonhall989]

@@chrislogston6072 Well, sir, either this is a new level of trolling or you’re anti-Semitic, but either way, this is no longer a fruitful conversation. Have a good day.

[@shortstarwarsessays1842]

I always wondered what good the Nazis could’ve done if they United Europe and of had more free ideals. They could still be a world power today more powerful than the USA which is desperately needed.

[@kevinb9830]

sure, but I don't think they would have liked you. Unless you're a purebred German.

[@maureenjackson2041]

There is nothing good about nazis or nazism

[@shortstarwarsessays1842]

@@kevinb9830 I mean if they used ideas of freedom, I think it would’ve made for a much better Europe today, of coarse I’m reality this was never going to happen.

[@shortstarwarsessays1842]

@@maureenjackson2041 there are some good things but clearly the Nazis were evil. Some of their political philosophies were sound. Which is why I said if they would’ve used more free ideals.

[@stevelawson911]

@@shortstarwarsessays1842 The E.U iis what Hitler planned whicjmh is why i voted Brexiit Globalism is both the nasty side effect of Communism and fascism one world one government .no freedom

[@grundgesetzart.1463]

well, the communists killed monsters like that, while the West helped them escape and protected them. No more comments needed....

[@5StarAlcatraz]

Where was ‘God’ when all this horror happened?

[@ShikataGaNai100]

Well, "He" kind of doesn't exist, so, there's that.

[@jourwalis-8875]

A very dull, monotonous and mechanical narrator. Also very irritating with these long and frequent text cations while the narrator speaks all the time. It´s impossible to both read the text and hear what the narrator says! You can´t concentrate on neither one!

[@hohenstaufen.1010]

Ruhe im Freden Meine Ehre Heibt Treu.

[@peterhorak7542]

Was ist nur heute ist doch nicht viel besser als die Nazis!

[@renee1961]

Prayers for The Innocent Victims, Survivors, and Those That Fought for Them.🥀🥀🥀🥀🙏🙏🙏🙏💔💔💔💔🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️