Josef Oberhauser

Josef Oberhauser
Josef Oberhauser at his trial
Born	(1915-09-20)20 September 1915 Munich, Bavaria, German Empire
Died	22 November 1979(1979-11-22) (aged 64) Munich, West Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	SS commander
Known for	Crimes at the Bełżec extermination camp
Criminal status	Deceased
Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	West Germany Accessory to murder (450,000 counts) East Germany Crimes against humanity Accessory to crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty	West Germany 4.5 years imprisonment with hard labor East Germany 15 years imprisonment

Josef Kaspar Oberhauser (20 September 1915 – 22 November 1979) was a low-ranking German SS commander during the Nazi era. He participated in Action T4 and Operation Reinhard. Oberhauser was the only person to be successfully convicted of crimes committed at the Belzec extermination camp. He was charged with 450,000 counts of accessory to murder and sentenced to 4.5 years imprisonment during the Belzec Trial of 1964.^[1]