They were assisted by 90120 ukrainians, former prisoners of war trained by the germans for their new. Franz paul stangl was born in altmunster, a market town on the western shore of the traunsee, near gmunden, in upper austria, on 26 march 1908. Based on 70 hours of interviews with franz stangl, commandant of treblinka the largest of the five nazi extermination camps, this book bares the soul. After anschluss, stangl was quickly promoted through the ranks. These were published in an article by the london daily telegraph magazine, october 8th, 1971, and were supposed to derive from a series of interviews with stangl. The austrian franz stangl was in charge of sobibor until september 1942, when he was transferred to the deathcamp treblinka. Franz stangl march 26, 1908 june 28, 1971 was an ss officer, commandant of the sobibor and of treblinka extermination camp. He nonchalantly compares the jewish inmates to a herd of cattle trapped in their pins and headed for slaughter. I cannot say how many jews in total were gassed in treblinka. The tales of ss men like kurt franz, kuttner, miete,mentz, and hirthreiter, among a few others, are spine chilling and just udderly sadistic. He was the ultimate desk murderer in the third reich who, as head of department ivb4 of the ss. He put this training to sadistic use by victimizing jews as punching bags. The jacob rader marcus center of the american jewish archives. Stangl and franz outside the german quarter in treblinka.
Download pdf intothatdarkness free online new books. He worked for volkswagen do brasil and was arrested in brazil in 1967. Franz stangl was born on month day 1930, at birth place, to franz borgias stangl and maria stangl born fabian. Treblinkas infamous commandant franz stangl middle check out tripadvisor members 52,093 candid photos and videos of treblinka nazi camps tour. Into that darkness pdf download full download pdf book. After the revolt at treblinka that august, and with the cessation of the extermination activities there, stangl left and franz remained to dismantle the camp and obliterate the traces of the slaughter there. In his 1971 interview with the british writer and historian gitta sereny, stangl is asked how he could kill so many human beings.
On the first day of the trial for the former serbian army commander ratko mladic, who faces eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, we turn again to gitta serenys remarkable descent into the conscience of franz stangl, the former kommandant of sobibor and treblinka. This content is available in the following languages. Based on 70 hours of interviews with franz stangl, commandant of treblinka the largest of the five nazi extermination camps, this book bares the soul of a man who continually found ways to rationalize his role in hitlers final solution. Albert speer, hitlers architect and the minister of armaments and war production after his predecessors death in 1942, is the only highranking nazi official who accepted, really, any blame for the third reichs systematic slaughter of the jews, poles, romanis, russians, political dissidents, etc. Reichleitner was married to anna baumgartner from steyr.
Former ss hauptsturmfuhrer franz stangl convicted in the stangl trial, which was held before a west german court, from may, 1970, to december 22, 1970. The austrian franz stangl was the commandant of treblinka from the summer of 1942 until august 1943. I find it very strange that franz stangl was not put on trial by the allies. On your photo it looks like ordinary riding clothes. The former star of the affair and fringe talks from home about his new series, little fires everywhere.
He worked with the ss in austria during operation reinhard, and was eventually tried for murdering more than 900,000 people during his duty as a nazi ss commandant. Treblinkas infamous commandant franz stangl middle. Into that darkness download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Thus with stangls testimony alone we have it some 30,000 jews a. Unsatisfied in his career, at the age of 23, he applied to become a police officer. We can have it from this same franz stangl for when he came to be commandant at sobibor they exterminated up to 15,000 a day there also.
Sobibor extermination camp 1942 1943 stichting sobibor. Join facebook to connect with franz stangl and others you may know. Among the most infamous was franz stangl, who murdered a million people while commandant at. Portrait of franz stangl, commandant of the treblinka killing center september 1942august 1943. Download our mobile app for onthego access to the jewish virtual. Portrait of franz stangl the holocaust encyclopedia. In 1940, stangl joined the euthanasia program at its hartheim castle instituteone of six centers where people with mental and physical disabilities and. He escaped to italy with his colleague from sobibor, gustav wagner, where he was helped by the vatican network to syria on a red cross passport. Franz stangl was an ss commandant of the treblinka and sobibor camps, where he was nicknamed the white death.
Review by claudia moscovici, author of holocaust memories. Gustav wagner, deputy commandant of sobibor, ordered the deaths of hundreds of thousands of jews as chief of the selections. In 1971 british journalist gitta sereny interviewed former ss officer franz stangl the commandant of the death camp sobibor and later treblinka. Serenys book into the darkness there is a photo of stangl inhis white uniformjacket, with gray trousers. Her father knew of her resistance to the regime, so he tried to blind her to the situati. His father was already advanced in years, whereas his mother was still a young woman, they had one other child, a daughter ten. He was the commandant of the sobibor and treblinka extermination camps during the operation reinhard phase of the holocaust.
He supervised the transformation of the camps into places where killing was carried out on a vast scale he is believed to have overseen the deaths of around 900,000 people. Franzs work at treblinka was rated excellent, and as a result he was promoted to the rank of untersturmfuhrer, in june 1943. Into that darkness gitta sereny pdf pdf academy inc. Franz stangl project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Franz paul stangl was an austrianborn police officer who became an employee of the t4 euthanasia program and an ss commander in nazi germany. Gitta sereny, cbe march 14 june was an austrianbritish biographer, into that darkness also following an initial article for the telegraph. The death of gitta sereny author of a book about franz. The commandants daughter a holocaust novel authors. A commandants view images facing history and ourselves. Portrait of franz stangl, commandant of the treblinka killing. Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Based on seventy hours of interviews with franz stangl, commandant of treblinka the largest of the nazi extermination camps, serenys book bares the soul of.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. During gitta serenys extraordinary descent into the mind and memory of franz stangle, former commandant of sobibor and treblinka, she explores the question of whether he might have made small gestures of mercy, small actions that might have indicated a degree of resistance to the regime of extermination, and thus slightly alleviated the suffering of the victims. You know my name, but not my story deciding on an accurate nomenclature for faecal microbiota transplantation. Renate stangl historical records and family trees myheritage.
All in all, you need to read this book, even if you arent totally familiar with nazi camps. Ss officer, commandant of the sobibor and of treblinka extermination camp. In 1951, stangl escaped to brazil, where he found work at a volkswagen factory in sao paulo. In the central chapters of her book into that darkness, sereny. In 1936, despite his position in law enforcement, he joined the ranks of the thenillegal nazi party. His role in the mass murder of men, women, and children was known to the austrian authorities, but austria did not issue a warrant for stangls arrest. Franz was born on june 14 1898, in tobis vulgo plattl. Very similiar to those i used to wear when i was riding my horse.
Media in category franz stangl the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Franz stangl, the son of a nightwatchman, was born in altmunster, austria, on march 26, 1908. On occasion he would challenge a jew to a boxing duel of course the prisoner had to oblige, and gave the prisoner a boxing glove, while keeping one for himself, to give the illusion of a fair fight. Pdf revenge of the evil librarian download ebook for free. The two treblinka trials concerning the treblinka extermination camp personnel began in 1964. The latest reminiscences to appear in print are those of franz stangl, the former commandant of the camp at treblinka in poland who was sentenced to life imprisonment in december 1970. Stangl trial maydecember 1970 jewish virtual library.
A newspaper article and photograph reporting the extradition of franz stangl, commandant of the treblinka and sobibor death camps, from brazil in 1967. The commandants daughter a holocaust novel historical fiction. Stangl was succeeded as sobibor commandant by his hartheim euthanasia center colleague, franz reichleitner. During gitta serenys extraordinary descent into the mind and memory of franz stangle, former commandant of sobibor and treblinka, she explores the question of whether he might have made small gestures of mercy, small actions that might have indicated a. Franz stangl historical records and family trees myheritage. Brigitte stangl was the only one in her family who did not believe in antisemitism.
Renate reischauer born stangl was born on month day 1947, at birth place, to franz mathias stangl and maria ridi stangl born krug. The responses to the questions sereny posed are excerpted in this audio reading. His role in the mass murder of men, women and children was known to the austrian authorities but austria did not issue a warrant for stangls arrest until 1961. Stangl gained a reputation as an efficient administrator and according to ssobergruppenfuehrer odilo globocnik, franz stangl was the best camp commander, who had the. Franz stangle, born in 1908, is probably best known for his euthanasia programs as a part of the holocaust cleansing solution. Jul 15, 2015 posts about franz stangl written by literaturesalon. Nov 27, 2002 we can have it from this same franz stangl for when he came to be commandant at sobibor they exterminated up to 15,000 a day there also. Stangl was arrested in brazil in 1967, tried and found guilty in west germany in 1970. At the end of the war franz stangl managed to conceal his identity and although imprisoned in 1945 he was released two years later. Journal of hepatology vol 72, issue 6, pages e65e80.
He was arrested in brazil in 1967, extradited and tried in west germany for the mass murder of 900,000 people, and in 1970 was found guilty and sentenced to the maximum penalty, life imprisonment. He was sentenced to death in absentia by the nuremberg tribunal, but escaped with franz stangl with the help of the vatican to brazil, where wagner was admitted as a permanent resident on april 12, 1950. Darkness, about whom i will mostly talk today, but also about the effects. Kurt franz also had experience as a boxer before arriving at treblinka.
After working as a weaver, stangl joined the austrian police in 1931 and soon afterwards the then illegal nazi party. Back at treblinka, franz stangl became commandant near the end of 1942. Franz paul stangl 26 march 1908 28 june 1971 was an austrianborn ss commandant of the sobibor and treblinka extermination camps during the operation reinhard phase of the holocaust. Adapted by robert david macdonald from gitta serenys into that darkness robert david macdonalds in quest of conscience, based on gitta serenys into that darkness, a record of her interviews with death camp commandant franz stangl, takes it for granted that the holocaust was a shocking crime against humanity. Reichleitner was also partly responsible for getting stangl a supervising job in t 4. Total area of spontaneous portosystemic shunts independently. Mathias stangl, theresia scharnreitner and katharina stangl. Franz stangl nait dans une famille modeste daltmunster en autriche. Treblinka extermination camp was a world unto itself.
Franz stangl, commandant of the treblinka extermination camp, admitted to british nazi expert gitta sereny that hudal helped him get away after the defeat of germany in 1945. Interview with franz stangl about franz stangl born in austria in 1908, franz stangl joined the austrian police in 1931 and became a criminal investigations officer in the political division. Her father was austrian policeman, and death camp commandant, franz stangl. Franz s work at treblinka was rated excellent, and as a result he was promoted to the rank of untersturmfuhrer, in june 1943. Held at dusseldorf in west germany, they were the two judicial trials in a series of similar war crime trials held during the early 1960s, such as the jerusalem adolf eichmann trial 1961 and the frankfurt auschwitz trials 196365, as a result of which the general public came to realize the. Franz stangl, commandant of the treblinka killing center. Jul 14, 2012 the court schwurgericht dusseldorf found stangl guilty on october 22, 1970, and sentenced him to maximum penalty, life imprisonment. From a working class family, stangl trained as a master weaver. Thus with stangl s testimony alone we have it some 30,000 jews a day were exterminated at just two camps.
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