Otto Förschner
Otto Förschner | |
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Förschner in 1945 | |
| Born | 4 November 1902 |
| Died | 28 May 1946 (aged 43) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Known for | Nazi concentration camp official |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction | War crimes |
| Trial | Dachau camp trial |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Reichswehr SS-Totenkopfverbände' |
| Rank | SS-Sturmbannführer |
| Commands | Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp Kaufering concentration camp |
Otto Förschner (4 November 1902 – 28 May 1946) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and a Nazi concentration camp commander. After serving with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, Förschner worked as a senior official at the Buchenwald concentration camp (1942–1943) and later served as the commandant of Mittelbau-Dora (1943–1945) and Kaufering (1945). Following the German defeat, he was convicted of war crimes by US occupation authorities at the Dachau trials and was hanged in May 1946.