Hermann Michael
| Hermann Michel | |
|---|---|
Hermann Michel - 1938
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| Nickname(s) | Preacher |
| Born |
23 April 1912 Holzheim, Neu-Ulm, German Empire |
| Died | ~1984 (aged 71–72) |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Schutzstaffel
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| Rank |
 SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant) |
| Unit |
 SS-Totenkopfverbände
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| Commands held | Sobibór extermination camp, gave speeches to trick prisoners into entering gas chambers |
Hermann Michel , sometimes referred to as "Preacher" (born 23 April 1912, allegedly died 8 August 1984), was a Nazi and SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant). During World War II, he participated in the extermination of Jews at the Sobibór extermination camp during the Nazi operation known as Aktion Reinhard.
Hermann Michel was born on 23 April 1912 in the Holzheim district of Bavaria, German Empire. In the mid-1930s, he began working as a nurse at the Berlin-Buch medical center. By the late 1930s, along with Franz Stangl and Christian Wirth, he was working as a head nurse at Hartheim killing center, where the physically and mentally disabled were exterminated by gassing and lethal injection as part of the T-4 Euthanasia Program.
In April 1942, SS-Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) Franz Stangl was appointed commander of Sobibór. Stangl appointed SS-Oberscharführer Hermann Michel as his deputy, due to their prior work relationship and his extensive experience in the enforced euthanasia programs.
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