page_title: Karl Fritzsch
hierarchical_section_title: Karl Fritzsch
caption_attribution_description: English: SS Haupsturmfuehrer Karl Fritzsch at Auschwitz Pic by Ryza Jane Maranan, BSPSYCH 3rd yr.
context_page_description: Karl Fritzsch, a German SS functionary during the Nazi era of 1933-1945, served as an Auschwitz concentration camp deputy- and acting-commandant. According to Rudolf Höss, Fritzsch first suggested using poisonous gas Zyklon B for the purpose of mass murder.
context_section_description: Karl Fritzsch (10 July 1903 – reported missing 2 May 1945), a German SS functionary during the Nazi era of 1933-1945, served as an Auschwitz concentration camp deputy- and acting-commandant. According to Rudolf Höss, Fritzsch first suggested using poisonous gas Zyklon B for the purpose of mass murder.
caption: Fritzsch c. 1940
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