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Barnewald, Otto, 1896-1973

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Personal name headingBarnewald, Otto, 1896-1973
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LocatedEtters-Berg (Germany)
Birth date1896-01-10
Death date1973-03-14
Place of birthLeipzig (Germany)
Place of deathRheinhausen (Duisburg, Germany)
Field of activityWorld War, 1939-1945 Dachau Trial, Dachau, Germany, 1946 Buchenwald Trial, Dachau, Germany, 1946 Nuremberg Medical Trial, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1947
Pohl Trial, Nuremberg, Germany, 1947
AffiliationBuchenwald (Concentration camp)
Profession or occupationConcentration camps--Officials and employees
Found inThe Nuremberg Medical Trial 1946/47, Transcripts, Material of the Prosecution and Defense, Related Documents...Guide to the Microfiche-Edition, 2001: p. 73 (Barnewald, Otto, b. Jan. 10, 1896 in Leipzig; SS Major, swore an affidavit for the defense of Karl Genzken in the Medical Trial; Jan. 1942-Apr. 1945, was the head of administration of Buchenwald Concentration Camp)
German Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 1, 2015: Otto Barnewald (was arrested and interned by the US in May 1945, underwent trial at the Dachau and Buchenwald Trials, was convicted for his role as administrator of Buchenwald and was sentenced to death. Sentence was reduced to life imprisonment; was released from prison in 1954; died 14 March 1973 in Rheinhausen)
   <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Barnewald>
Harvard Law School Library Nuremberg Trials Project WWW site, viewed Dec. 9, 2016: Affidavit concerning the typhus experiments at Buchenwald, 1 February 1947, NMT1 (Otto Barnewald, b. 10 January 1896 at Leipzig); Affidavit concerning Erwin Tschentscher's visit to the Dora labor camp and the provision of food there, 30 June 1947, NMT4 (Otto Barnewald, b. 10 January 1896 in Lepizig)
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