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Augsburg, Emil "Althaus"

Date of birth:
May 1st, 1904 (Lodz/Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
1981
Service number:
307925
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

SS-Sturmbannführer (1944) and war criminal. "Soviet expert" within the RSHA. Emil Augsburg joined the SD in 1934 and the Wannsee Institute in 1937. He was recruited by the U.S. CIC after the war.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
1941

Wounded during an air raid on Smolensk on 16 September 1941.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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