Josef Kramer

Josef Kramer

Possible match — there are several people named Josef Kramer; this may not be the one in these credits.

German SS officer, concentration camp commandant, and convicted war criminal (1906–1945)

Josef Kramer was a Hauptsturmführer in the SS and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen Belsen concentration camps. Dubbed the "Beast of Belsen" by camp inmates, he was a German Nazi war criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. He was detained by the British Army after the Second World War, convicted of war crimes, and hanged on the gallows in the prison at Hamelin by British executioner Albert Pierrepoint.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 2 films (1945) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1945 NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS ▶ U S Counsel For The Prosecution Of Axis Criminality 1900 16mm B&W sound
1945 Nazi Concentration Camps NAVC 59 min. 16mm B&W