Eric Muhsfeldt nickname(s):
Eric Mussfeld
Eric Muhsfeldt date of birth:
February 18, 1913
How old was Eric Muhsfeldt when died?
34
Where was Eric Muhsfeldt born?
Germany
When did Eric Muhsfeldt die?
January 27, 1948
Where did Eric Muhsfeldt die?
Kraków, Poland
Why did Eric Muhsfeldt die?
Executed by Hanging
What is Eric Muhsfeldt's ethnicity?
White
What is Eric Muhsfeldt nationality?
German
What is Eric Muhsfeldt's occupation?
Senior SS-officer
Short Biography
SS-Oberscharführer Erich Mühsfeldt, also Mussfeld, and Erich Mußfeldt, (18 February 1913 – 28 January 1948) was a German non-commissioned SS officer serving in two extermination camps during World War II in occupied Poland, including at Auschwitz as well as at the Majdanek concentration camp. He was arrested and charged by the Allies originally in 1946, then transferred to Poland where the full extent of his war crimes was revealed thanks to new evidence. He was retried by the Supreme National Tribunal at the Auschwitz Trial in Kraków, and found guilty of crimes against humanity. Muhsfeldt was sentenced to death by hanging in December 1947, and executed on 28 January 1948.