Original: Theodor Eicke ( 17 October 1892 -- 26 February 1943 ) was a Nazi official , SS-Obergruppenführer , commander of the SS-Division ( mot ) Totenkopf of the Waffen-SS and one of the key figures in the establishment of concentration camps in Nazi Germany .
Simplified: Theodor Eike ( October 17 , 1892 in Hampont -- February 26 , 1943 ) was an Obergruppenführer of the SS and General of the Waffen-SS .