(1915-02-08)8 February 1915 Schkölen, German Empire
Died
7 June 1988(1988-06-07) (aged 73) Schwarzenbruck, West Germany
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Schutzstaffel
Years of service
1938–1945
Rank
Hauptscharführer
Walter Gerhard Martin Sommer (8 February 1915 – 7 June 1988) was an SS Hauptscharführer (master sergeant) who served as a guard at the concentration camps of Dachau and Buchenwald. Sommer, known as the "Hangman of Buchenwald", was considered a depraved sadist who reportedly ordered two Austrian priests, Otto Neururer[1] and Matthias Spanlang,[2] to be crucified upside-down.[3][4]
^Died 30 May 1940 Feast day of Joan of Arc
^Died 5 June 1940 Feast day of Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr.
^The resistance in Austria, 1938-1945 by Radomír V. Luža. University of Minnesota Press (Minneapolis April 9, 1984) ISBN 0-8166-1226-9 ISBN 978-0816612260
^W.R. Garscha et al.: Rudolf Watzek-Mischan, NachKriegsJustiz
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most complete account of his system is given in two works by his pupil MartinSommer, published in Venice in 1619. In 1618 John Willis (d. 1628?) published...
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his wife Gail Collins. In 1967, Sommer joined Michael Brown's band, The Left Banke, as lead singer, replacing Steve Martin Caro and co-writing their single...
University Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-90-5629-382-6. Retrieved 9 December 2014. MartinSommer (23 August 2006). "Zelfbewust op zoek". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Original...
Pollock, MLB player MartinSommer, ex-substitute teacher that was charged with public indecency (not to be confused with MartinSommer) "Search for Public...
the Sommers owned 40 horses who ran under the stable's green and gold colors. With U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Frank "Pancho" Martin, Sommer enjoyed...
2247–56. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.021. PMC 4189991. PMID 25264257. Rehn, Martin; Sommer, Friedrich T. (2007). "A network that uses few active neurones to code...
Philadelphia on 22 Sep. 1752; also included Hans Georg Sommer and Hans MartinSommer, brothers of Johannes Sommer of Freistett. Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania)...
Pfarrer aus St. Martin im Innkreis". MeinBezirk.at (in German). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-11. dirkdeklein (2018-09-19). "MartinSommer-Too evil for...
satirical videos. Sommer lives with her partner, actor Martin Brambach, daughters, and son in Recklinghausen. "Video von Christine Sommer". YouTube. Geldner...
Celestina Sommer (née Christmas; 1 July 1827 – 11 April 1859) was a Victorian murderer, notorious as much for her escape from the death penalty as for...
hanging. He was executed at Landsberg prison 7 June 1951. Walter Gerhard MartinSommer Born 08. February 1915. Hangman of KZ Buchenwald. Reduced in rank and...
Strother Douglas Martin Jr. (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American character actor who often appeared in support of John Wayne and Paul Newman...
Stefan Sommer (born January 7, 1963, in Münster, West Germany) is a German engineer who was the chief executive officer of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, also...
He was sent to Rheinbach prison near Bonn, where he died in 1978. MartinSommer Ernst Klee: The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich persons: who came before...
These interviews, for example with the "Executioner of Buchenwald" MartinSommer, and many autobiographical texts are available as transcripts, sometimes...
RTL 4, Chairman Paul Gerbrands in a national talk show, 7 March 2003 MartinSommer, 'De man van tien miljoen’ ('The ten million man'), de Volkskrant, 18...
Koch Vladislav Grakovskiy as Heinrich Himmler Christopher Reinhard as MartinSommer Tino Ranacher as Deportee "L'Origine de la violence". JP's Box-Office...
Controversial, Flamboyant and Dead". ABC News. Oudenampsen (2018), p. 180-182 MartinSommer: Een stoemper die nooit afstapte, de Volkskrant 5 september 2007 "Xandra...
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