October 16, 1906 - Alois Weiss

Alois Weiss (or: Weiß) (16 October 1906 in Ruma, Austria-Hungary – 26 February 1969 in Straubing, Germany) was the executioner at the Gestapo Pankrác prison in Prague during the Second World War.

The former storehouse helper from Munich, and assistant to the Munich executioner Reichhart, was the chief executioner of the Pankrác prison from February 1943. Until 1945, 1,079 persons were executed in the so-called Sekyrárna (axe room). His assistants were the Czechs Alfred Engel, Robert Týfa and Jan Křížek, who changed his name to Johann Kreuz. Later, the Gestapo changed the assistants; newly added were Antonín Nerad from Prague-Braník and Otto Schweiger, the brother-in-law of Weiss. After the war, Weiss lived in the Federal Republic of Germany. In the 1970s, he requested a public pension from the Czech government, citing his work as a public servant for them. He died in Straubing, 62 years old.

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