Johann Schwarzhuber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Schwarzhuber

Nazy German military officials

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1904

Place of Birth: Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 03-May-1947

Profession: printer, military officer

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Johann Schwarzhuber (29 August 1904 – 3 May 1947) was a German SS-Obersturmführer, who was in charge of various subcamps during World War II.
His positions included the Schutzhaftlagerführer of the Auschwitz-Birkenau men's camp, where he oversaw the selection process for the gassing of thousands of detainees.
He was later transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, where he held the post of the Lagerdirektor, second only to the overall camp commander Fritz Suhren.
With Suhren on the run, Schwarzhuber was the highest-ranking defendant during the first Ravensbrück trial.
In front of the British military tribunal he was indicted for war crimes, sentenced to death and subsequently executed in 1947.