Hermann Florstedt

Arthur Hermann Florstedt
Born(1895-02-18)18 February 1895
DiedOn or after 5 April 1945
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)Embezzlement
Criminal penaltyDeath
Military career
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Schutzstaffel
Years of service1931–1945
RankSS-Standartenführer
Commands heldMajdanek concentration camp
AwardsIron Cross 2nd Class 1914
                 Honor Cross of World War 1914/1918
                 SA-Sports Badge in Bronze
NSDAP Party Badge

Arthur Hermann Florstedt (18 February 1895 – on or after 5 April 1945), was a German SS commander and a convicted war criminal and war profiteer. He became the third commander of Majdanek concentration camp in October 1942. Florstedt was convicted of corruption and sentenced to death. Whether he was executed is unknown.[1]

  1. ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 3-596-16048-0, S. 156f.

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