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Birth name | Gustav Franz Wagner |
Nickname(s) | The Beast, Wolf (Yiddish: װעלפֿל, Volf) |
Born | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | 18 July 1911
Died | 3 October 1980 São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 69)
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Years of service | late 1930s—1945 |
Rank | SS-Oberscharführer |
Unit | Death's Head Units |
Commands | Sobibor extermination camp |
Awards | War Merit Cross 2nd Class With Swords (1942-1943) |
Gustav Franz Wagner[1] (18 July 1911 – 3 October 1980) was an Austrian member of the SS with the rank of Staff sergeant (Oberscharführer).[2][3] Wagner was a deputy commander of Sobibor extermination camp in German-occupied Poland, where 200,000-250,000 Jews were murdered in the camp's gas chambers during Operation Reinhard. Due to his brutality, he was known as "The Beast" and "Wolf".[2][4]
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