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Franz Stärfl | |
|---|---|
 Franz Stärfl in British custody, 1945 | |
| Born | 5 October 1915 Hamburg, German Empire |
| Died | 13 December 1945 (aged 30) Hamelin Prison, Hamelin, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Occupation | Concentration camp guard |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction(s) | War crimes |
| Trial | Belsen Trial |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Date | 4–11 April 1945 |
| Location(s) | Mittelbau-Dora, Bergen-Belsen |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/ |  Schutzstaffel |
| Rank | Hauptscharführer |
| Unit | SS-Totenkopfverbände  |
Franz Stärfl, alias Xaver Stärfel, alias Franz Stofel,[1] (5 October 1915 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi German SS-Hauptscharführer[2] and camp commander of the Kleinbodungen subcamp of Mittelbau-Dora during World War II. Arrested by the Allies and convicted of war crimes in the Belsen Trial, Stärfl was executed by hanging at Hamelin prison in 1945.
- ^ Jens-Christian Wagner: Produktion des Todes: Das KZ Mittelbau-Dora, Göttingen 2001, p. 673 (in German)
- ^ Aussage George Kraft im Bergen-Belsen-Prozess vom 11. Oktober 1945 from Jens Christian Wagner: "Außenlager Kleinbodungen", in: Wolfgang Benz, Barbara Distel: Der Ort des Terrors – Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager, Band 7, (München, 2008) p. 317. [dead link]