Karl Weinbacher

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Karl Weinbacher
Weinbacher in British custody (1945)
Born	23 June 1898 (1898-06-23) Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Poland)
Died	16 May 1946 (aged 47) Hamelin Prison, Hamelin, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Occupation(s)	German business manager and war criminal
Criminal status	Executed by hanging
Motive	Financial gain
Conviction(s)	War crimes
Criminal penalty	Death penalty
Details
Victims	~1.1 million (as an accomplice)
Span of crimes	1 January 1941 – 31 March 1945
Country	Germany and Poland
Location(s)	Auschwitz concentration camp Sachsenhausen concentration camp Neuengamme concentration camp Majdanek concentration camp Ravensbrück concentration camp
Weapon	Zyklon B

Karl Weinbacher (23 June 1898 – 16 May 1946) was a German manager and war criminal who was executed after conviction by a British war tribunal following World War II. He and his boss, Bruno Tesch, were the only businessmen to be executed for their roles in Nazi atrocities and the Holocaust in Western Europe.