Hans Anhalt

Hans Anhalt
Anhalt after his arrest (1962)
Born	(1908-09-25)25 September 1908 Langenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, German Empire
Died	13 April 1975(1975-04-13) (aged 66) Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Brandenburg an der Havel, East Germany
Criminal status	Deceased
Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	Crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment
Details
Span of crimes	1942 – January 1945
Country	German-occupied Poland
Location(s)	Auschwitz concentration camp
Date apprehended	8 November 1962
SS career
Allegiance	Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Rank	Scharführer

Hans Anhalt (25 September 1908 - 13 April 1975) was a member of the Nazi Party who served in the SS. During World War II, he was stationed in Auschwitz concentration camp. There, Anhalt personally murdered multiple prisoners, selecting them to be gassed or experimented on. After the war, he settled down in East Germany, until being exposed in 1962. Anhalt was sentenced to life in prison, where he died in 1975.