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Theodor Dannecker (27 March 1913 – 10 December 1945) was a German SS-captain (Hauptsturmführer), a key aide to Adolf Eichmann in the deportation of Jews during World War II. A trained lawyer Dannecker first served at the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin before being sent to France as specialist on Nazi anti-Jewish policies ...
From 1942-45, Dannecker relentlessly and viciously arranged the round-up, sequestration, and transport of hundreds of thousands of Jews to their deaths in the Nazi extermination centers. As a “deportation specialist,” he earned and retained Eichmann’s confidence.
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As a young man, he neither excelled as a student nor exhibited much promise for a career. Instead, Dannecker was drawn to the politics of the extreme Right, to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party. He joined the Nazis in 1932 and entered Heinrich Himmler’s elite SS (Schutzstaffel or Protection Squads) that same year.
Theodor Dannecker (* 27. März 1913 in Tübingen; † 10. Dezember 1945 in Bad Tölz) war ein deutscher SS-Hauptsturmführer und als Judenreferent (auch „Judenberater“) einer der engsten Mitarbeiter Adolf Eichmanns
Theodor Dannecker was a German SS officer and a Jewish expert who worked for Adolf Eichmann in Paris, Sofia, Verona and Hungary. He was involved in the deportation and persecution of Jews during the Holocaust and committed suicide in 1945.
Nov 18, 2007 · Dannecker was a SS officer who led the Jewish Affairs Department in occupied France from 1940 to 1942. He was a close associate of Adolf Eichmann and a key figure in the implementation of the "Final Solution" in France.
Captain Theodor Dannecker, from his residence at number 31 Avenue Foch. Dannecker would oversee French Police round-ups of over 13,000 Jews, most of whom were deported to Auschwitz as part of the Nazi’s “final solution”
