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June 26, 1914 - Lorenz Hackenholt

Laurenzius Marie "Lorenz" Hackenholt (26 June 1914 – missing 1945, declared legally dead as of 31 December 1945, but believed to have still been alive) was a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) with the rank of Hauptscharführer (First Sergeant). During World War II Hackenholt built and operated the gas chamber at the Bełżec extermination camp in occupied Poland during Operation Reinhard.

Lorenz Hackenholt

Hackenholt had earlier been part of the murder of mental patients and the disabled in Action T4 programme of forced euthanasia.


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