Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, Gauleiter of Thuringia from 1927 and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (Arbeitseinsatz) from March 1942 until the end of the Second World War. Sauckel was among the 24 persons accused in the Nuremberg Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and was sentenced to death by hanging.
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Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel 27 October 1894 Haßfurt, then Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
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Died |
16 October 1946 (aged 51) Nuremberg’s prison, Germany
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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