Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
Karl Eberhard Schöngarth | |
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| Born | Karl Georg Eberhard Schöngarth 22 April 1903 |
| Died | 16 May 1946 (aged 43) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Wannsee Conference participant Massacre of Lwów professors |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction | War crimes |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 10,000+ |
Span of crimes | 1941–1945 |
| Country | Poland and Netherlands |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch | Reichswehr Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1924 1933–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Brigadeführer |
| Commands | Einsatzgruppe z.b.V (1941) SiPo & SD Commander, General Government (1941–1943) SiPo & SD Commander (1944–1945) & Acting HSSPF (1945), Netherlands |
| Awards | War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class, with Swords |
Karl Eberhard Schöngarth (22 April 1903 – 16 May 1946) was a German lawyer and SS-Brigadeführer in Nazi Germany. He was a war criminal who perpetrated mass murder and genocide in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the genocidal Final Solution to the Jewish Question was originally planned. After the war, Schöngarth and six others were tried for murdering an American pilot, Americo S. Galle, who was shot down over the Netherlands in November 1944. They were all found guilty. Schöngarth and four others were sentenced to death and executed in 1946.