Eduard Roschmann

Military Person

1908 – 1977

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Who was Eduard Roschmann?

Eduard Roschmann was a member of the Nazi SS organization and commandant of the Riga ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities. As a result of a fictionalized portrayal in the novel The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth and its subsequent movie adaptation, Roschmann came to be known as the "Butcher of Riga".

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Born
Nov 25, 1908
Graz
Nationality
  • Austria
Died
Aug 8, 1977
Asunción

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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