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Carltheo Zeitschel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 March 1893 |
| Died | 21 April 1945 (aged 52) |
| Cause of death | Air raid |
| Relatives | Carlo von Zeitschel (grandson) |
| Conviction(s) | War crimes |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment with hard labor (1954) (in absentia) |
| SS service | |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
| Rank | Sturmbannfuhrer |
| Commands held | Jewish Affairs German Embassy, Paris |
Carltheo Zeitschel also Carl Theo,[a] (13 March 1893 – 21 April 1945), was a German physician, diplomat, Nazi functionary and SS-Sturmbannfuhrer (major).
Instrumental in the Holocaust in France, Zeitschel served as adviser on Jewish affairs (Judenreferent) to the German Embassy in Paris and as such was one of the organisers of the deportations[b] of Jews from occupied France during World War II. Condemned in absentia to forced labour in perpetuity by a French court in 1954, he was actually killed during the bombing of Berlin in 1945.
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