Ziereis, Franz.

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During World War II, Sidney D. Gell was a member of the U.S. Army's 131st Evacuation Hospital, where Ziereis was taken after he was shot. Gell was part of the team which translated Ziereis' confession into English. Gell currently lives in California.

From the description of Confessions of an SS Killer deposition. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 86133519

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referencedIn Ornstein, William. William Ornstein papers inmate lists reports sketches statements. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
referencedIn Papers, 1945-1948, 1975. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Ziereis, Franz. Camp Gusen, Austria, depositions, 1945. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn US Holocaust Memorial Council. American Gathering Conference collection Poland N-P testimonies letters. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
creatorOf Ziereis, Franz. Confession and letter of Mauthausen commander testimony letter poem. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
creatorOf Ziereis, Franz. Confessions of an SS Killer deposition. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
referencedIn Selesnick, Leo Y. Testimonies concerning the liberation of Mauthausen testimonies photographs report. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
referencedIn Papers, [ca.1945], 1975. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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associatedWith Chanover, Charles, 1922- person
associatedWith Ekermann person
associatedWith Fox, Irving, 1919- person
associatedWith Krelsback. person
associatedWith Mierov person
associatedWith Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei Schutzstaffel. corporateBody
associatedWith Ornstein, William. person
associatedWith Selesnick, Leo Y. person
associatedWith United States Army Evacuation Hospital, 131st corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 131st. corporateBody
associatedWith US Holocaust Memorial Council. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)
Mauthausen (Mauthausen, Austria : Concentration camp)
Gunskirchen (Austria : Concentration camp)
Gusen I (Austria : Concentration camp)
Mauthausen (Mauthausen, Austria : Concentration camp)
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Concentration camps
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Executions and executioners
Gas chambers
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Human experimentation in medicine
Jews
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Medical experiments - hydrothermia
Musselmänner
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Poetry
Prostitution
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Sonderkommandos
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Birth 1905

Death 1967

English,

German

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