Hermann Michel

Hermann Michel
Hermann Michel
	Hermann Michel
Nickname(s)	Preacher
Born	20 February 1909; Westerkappeln, German Empire
Died	8 August 1984 (aged 75)?
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Rank	SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
Unit	SS-Totenkopfverbände
Commands held	Sobibór extermination camp, gave speeches to trick prisoners into entering gas chambers
Awards	NSDAP Party Badge

Hermann Michel (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈmɪçl̩] ^ⓘ; 20 February 1909 – 8 August 1984?), sometimes referred to as "Preacher", was a Nazi and SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant). During World War II, he participated in the extermination of Jews at the Sobibór extermination camp during the Nazi operation known as Aktion Reinhard. According to the Majdanek Museum, a different person named Hermann Michel, born 23.04.1912 in Passau, served at Buchenwald, Majdanek and Sachsenhausen. This person was killed in 1944.