For the German novelist, essayist and theatre critic, see Karl Frenzel (writer).
Karl Frenzel
Birth name
Karl August Wilhelm Frenzel
Born
(1911-08-20)20 August 1911 Zehdenick, German Empire
Died
2 September 1996(1996-09-02) (aged 85) Garbsen, Germany
Awards
Honor Chevron for the Old Guard
Other work
Carpenter, stage lighting technician[1][2]
Paramilitary SS career
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Years of service
1930 (SA)–1945
Rank
Staff Sergeant (Oberscharführer)
Unit
Death's Head Units
Commands held
Sobibor extermination camp
Karl August Wilhelm Frenzel[1][3] (20 August 1911 – 2 September 1996)[4] was an SS noncommissioned officer in Sobibor extermination camp.
After the Second World War, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes, but he was ultimately released after serving 16 years in prison.
^ abSobibor - The Forgotten Revolt Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
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^"Biographies of SS-men - Sobibor Interviews". www.sobiborinterviews.nl. Retrieved Oct 18, 2022.
^Schelvis, Jules (2007). Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp. Oxford: Berg. p. 250.
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