Josef Kramer

German SS officer, concentration camp commandant, and convicted war criminal (1906-1945)

• Born: 1906-11-10 (Munich)
• Died: 1945-12-13 (Hamelin)
• Country of citizenship: Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
• Occupation: Nazi concentration camp commandant (location: Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp); bookkeeper (until: 1932-01-01); concentration camp guard; military officer; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant)
• Significant person: Hans Hüttig (date: 1941-04-01; role: superior); Irma Grese (role: superior)
• Military rank: Hauptsturmführer
• Military branch: Schutzstaffel
• Employer: Auschwitz (period: 1944-04-01 through 1944-12-01; position held: Nazi concentration camp commandant); Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (period: 1944-12-01 through 1945-01-01; position held: Nazi concentration camp commandant); Dachau concentration camp (position held: lieutenant); Mauthausen concentration camp (position held: lieutenant); Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp (period: 1941-04-01 through 1944-04-01; position held: Nazi concentration camp commandant, lieutenant); Sachsenhausen concentration camp (position held: lieutenant)
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/46788182
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/000000006643366X
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83206116
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83206116