Anton Burger
| Anton Burger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 19, 1911 Neunkirchen, Austria |
| Died | 25 December 1991 (aged 80) Essen, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
|
| Service/branch |
 Schutzstaffel
|
| Years of service | 1934–1945 |
| Rank | Sturmbannführer |
| Unit | Gestapo |
| Commands held | Lagerkommandant of Theresienstadt concentration camp, 1943-1944 |
Anton "Toni" Burger (19 November 1911 – 25 December 1991) was a Sturmbannführer (Major) in the German Nazi SS and Lagerkommandant of Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Anton Burger was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, the son of a stationery dealer. He joined the Austrian Army in 1930 and the Austrian Nazi Party in 1932. In June 1933 the Nazi Party was officially banned in Austria by the government of Engelbert Dollfuss and Burger was dishonorably discharged from the army in July. He moved illegally to Lechfeld near Augsburg, Germany where he became a member of the , a paramilitary group composed of pro-Nazi Austrian expatriates. Shortly afterward he joined the Sturmabteilung (SA). In 1935 he received German citizenship and moved into the SA barracks.
Burger went to Vienna to participate with the Austrian Legion in the Anschluss on 12 March 1938. He was inducted into the SS and assigned to the Central Agency for Jewish Emigration in Vienna, where he was a member of the Reich Security Main Office Special Action Command "Eichmann" (RSHA Sondereinsatzkommando under Adolf Eichmann).
In the summer of 1939, he was transferred to the Central Agency for Jewish Emigration in Prague, where he participated in the expropriation of about 1,400 Jewish households. In April 1941 he was promoted to Obersturmführer (Second Lieutenant). In the spring of 1941 he was promoted to head of the RSHA branch office in Brno.
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