Fritz Klein

Fritz Klein
Klein at his trial in 1945
Born	(1888-11-24)24 November 1888 Feketehalom, Austria-Hungary
Died	13 December 1945(1945-12-13) (aged 57) Hamelin Prison, Hamelin, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Criminal status	Executed
Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	War crimes
Trial	Belsen trial
Criminal penalty	Death
Details
Victims	Thousands
Span of crimes	1943–1944
Country	Poland
Location(s)	Auschwitz concentration camp
Military career
Allegiance	Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel

Fritz Klein (24 November 1888 – 13 December 1945) was a Romanian-German Nazi doctor and war criminal, hanged for his role in atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust.