On November 24, 1947, Polish authorities tried forty-one former members of staff from the Auschwitz concentration camps in a Kraków courtroom. The most infamous defendants were Rudolf Höß and Arthur Liebhenschel, former commandants, Maria Mandel head of all Auschwitz women's camps, and SS doctor Johann Kremer. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In mid-17th century a rebellion of Cossacks led by Bohdan Chmielnicki ushered in the turbulent time known as The Deluge (potop). ... Auschwitz is the name loosely used to identify three main Nazi German concentration camps and 45-50 sub-camps. ... Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada miasta Kraków Mayor Jacek Majchrowski Area 326,8 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 757,500 (2004 est. ... Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höß (in English, Hoess without or Höss with the umlaut) (November 25, 1900 – April 16, 1947) was a senior Nazi official, member of the SS and Waffen-SS (with the rank of SS-Obersturmbannführer) and commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was responsible... Maria Mandel (January 10, 1912 - January 24, 1948) was infamous for her important role in the Holocaust: as one of the top-ranking female officials at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, she is believed to have been directly responsible for the orders to kill over 500,000 female Jews, Gypsies... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop...

The accused also included four other SS women and thirty-four other SS men, all who previously served as guards and/or doctors in the Auschwitz complex. Eventually, Liebhenschel and Höß were condemned to death, as were Maria Mandel, Hans Aumeier, August Bogusch, Therese Brandl, Arthur Breitwiser, Fritz Buntrock, Wilhelm Gehring, Paul Gotze, Max (Maximilian) Grabner, Heinrich Josten, Hermann Kirschner, Josef Kollmer, Franz Kraus, Johann Kremer, Herbert Ludwig, Karl Mockel, Kurt Mueller, Erich Muehsfeldt, Ludwig Plagge, Hans Schumacher and Paul Szczurek. Eventually Arthur Breitwieser and Johann Kremer had their sentences commutted to life imprisonment. Therese Rose Brandl was born on February 1, 1902 in Staudach, Austria. ...

As for the rest of the defendants; Luise Danz, Hans Koch, Anton Lechner, Adolf Medefind, Detlef Nebbe, and Karl Seufert received life sentences; Oswald Kaduk was sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment; Alexander Bulow, Hans Hofmann, Hildegard Lachert, Eduard Lorenz, Alice Orlowski, Franz Romeikat, and Johannes Weber were imprisoned to fifteen years; Richard Schroeder received ten years imprisonment, Erich Dinges five years, and Karl Jeschke three years. SS Dr. Hans Munch was acquitted and freed. The trial ended on December 22, 1947. Luise Danz (born December 11, 1917 in Walldorf (Meiningen)) is a former concentration camp guard. ... Hildegard Lachert (born January 20, 1920) became an Aufseherin at Ravensbrück during World War II. Categories: Stub | 1920 births | Personnel of Nazi concentration camps ... Alice Orlowski (September 30, 1903 – 1976) was a high ranking SS official at many Nazi camps during World War II. She was born Alice Minna Elizabeth Elling in Berlin, Germany. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

All executions were carried out in a Kraków prison on January 28, 1948, starting with the women, Maria Mandel and Therese Brandl. January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• Anti-Polonism