Eduard Roschmann

Eduard Roschmann
Born	Eduard Roschmann (1908-11-25)25 November 1908 Graz, Austria-Hungary
Died	8 August 1977(1977-08-08) (aged 68) Asunción, Paraguay
Nationality	Austrian Argentine (from 1968)
Other names	Federico/Frederico Wegener/Wagner
Known for	Commandant of the Riga ghetto Fictionalised portrayal in The Odessa File
Political party	NSDAP
Criminal charges	bigamy War crimes crimes against humanity
Military career
Nickname(s)	The Butcher of Riga
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	SS-Hauptsturmführer
Service number	SS #152,681

Eduard Roschmann (25 November 1908 – 8 August 1977) was an Austrian Nazi SS-Obersturmführer^[1] 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 film adaptation, Roschmann came to be known as the "Butcher of Riga".^[2]