Karl Frenzel

Karl Frenzel
Birth nameKarl August Wilhelm Frenzel
Born(1911-08-20)20 August 1911
Zehdenick, German Empire
Died2 September 1996(1996-09-02) (aged 85)
Garbsen, Germany
AwardsHonor Chevron for the Old Guard
Other workCarpenter, stage lighting technician[1][2]
Paramilitary SS career
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Years of service1930 (SA)–1945
RankStaff Sergeant (Oberscharführer)
UnitDeath's Head Units
Commands heldSobibor extermination camp

Karl August Wilhelm Frenzel[1][3] (20 August 1911 – 2 September 1996)[4] was an SS noncommissioned officer in Sobibor extermination camp.

After the Second World War, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes, but he was ultimately released after serving 16 years in prison.

  1. ^ a b Sobibor - The Forgotten Revolt Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Frenzel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Biographies of SS-men - Sobibor Interviews". www.sobiborinterviews.nl. Retrieved Oct 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Schelvis, Jules (2007). Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp. Oxford: Berg. p. 250.

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