Lorenz Hackenholt

Military Person

1914 –

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Who is Lorenz Hackenholt?

Lorenz Marie Hackenholt built and operated the gas chamber at the Bełżec extermination camp. In so doing, he personally carried out the murder of hundreds of thousands of people.

Hackenholt was deeply involved in other Holocaust murders, including other Operation Reinhard camps, and in particular, the murder of mental patients and the disabled in Action T4. Hackenholt was a member of the SS with the rank of Hauptscharführer.

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Born
Jun 26, 1914
Gelsenkirchen
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
May 6, 2024

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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