Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Kurt Franz across 5 places, from 1914 to 1998.
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Kurt Hubert Franz (17 January 1914 – 4 July 1998) was an SS officer and one of the commanders of the Treblinka extermination camp.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Kurt Franz was documented, and when
1914year
Düsseldorfattested“Kurt Franz was born in 1914 in Düsseldorf.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
October 1943month
Sobibor extermination campattested“The physical work was carried out by the Jews during September and October 1943, after which thirty to fifty prisoners were sent to Sobibor to finish dismantling there, and the remainder were shot and cremated on Franz's orders.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
1965year
Treblinkaattested“# The death of a man who did not want to go to the upper camp # The killing of a working Jew by the sorting command due to several abdominal shots and a shot in the head # Hanging of two inmates, one of them called Langner # The shooting…”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
1965year
Krakowattested“# The death of a man who did not want to go to the upper camp # The killing of a working Jew by the sorting command due to several abdominal shots and a shot in the head # Hanging of two inmates, one of them called Langner # The shooting…”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
1998year
Wuppertalattested“Kurt Franz died in Wuppertal in 1998.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
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1920 to 1928period
Düsseldorfmentioned“He attended public school in Düsseldorf from 1920 to 1928, and then worked as a messenger and as a cook.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
1939year
Action T4mentioned“In late 1939 Franz was summoned to Hitler's Chancellery and detailed to take part in the Action T4 euthanasia program.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
August 1942month
Bełżec extermination campmentioned“In spring of 1942, Franz, along with other veterans of Action T4, went to Lublin concentration camp complex in the Generalgouvernement, and was posted to the Bełżec extermination camp, where he stayed until the end of August 1942.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
August 1942month
Lublinmentioned“In spring of 1942, Franz, along with other veterans of Action T4, went to Lublin concentration camp complex in the Generalgouvernement, and was posted to the Bełżec extermination camp, where he stayed until the end of August 1942.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
2 August 1943exact date
Treblinkamentioned“On 2 August 1943, Franz along with four SS men and sixteen Ukrainians went for a swim in the nearby Bug River, which depleted the security at Treblinka significantly and helped to improve the chances of success of the prisoner revolt tha…”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
November 1943month
Polandmentioned“He was promoted to serve as the last camp commandant from mid August until November 1943 to conclude the Holocaust in Poland.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
November 1943month
Triestementioned“Franz followed Odilo Globocnik to Trieste in November 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
27 February 1946exact date
Treblinkamentioned“In the testimony (27 February 1946) of one Samuel Rajzman at the major war crimes trial held in Nuremberg, Franz was "the commander of the camp" and orchestrated the building of the railway station at Treblinka.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
27 February 1946exact date
Nurembergmentioned“In the testimony (27 February 1946) of one Samuel Rajzman at the major war crimes trial held in Nuremberg, Franz was "the commander of the camp" and orchestrated the building of the railway station at Treblinka.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
2 December 1959exact date
Düsseldorfmentioned“Following the war, Kurt Franz first worked as a laborer on bridges until 1949, at which point he returned to his former occupation as a cook and worked in Düsseldorf for 10 years until his arrest on 2 December 1959.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Franz
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