Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen

Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen

Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen in April 1947 as defendant at the Buchenwald Trial
Born Edwin Maria Katzen-Ellenbogen
(1882-05-22)May 22, 1882
Stanislau
Died After 1955
Nationality German
Occupation Psychiatrist
Known for war criminal

Edwin Maria Katzen-Ellenbogen was a Nazi physician in the concentration camp of Buchenwald.[1] In the Buchenwald Camp Trial (part of the Dachau Trials) he was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment (later modified to 15 years of imprisonment).

References

  1. The Story of the New Jersey Doctor Who Helped Kill Prisoners at Buchenwald in the Name of Eugenics

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