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  • Rolf Günther
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  • Rolf Günther (January 8, 1913 – May 1945) was a German major who served as Sturmbannführer in the SS and who acted as deputy to Adolf Eichmann. Günther is held responsible for the deportation of Jews from Greece and secretly of Turkey, to the Auschwitz concentration camp, with assistance from Alois Brunner. His brother Hans Günther was head of the "Central Office for Jewish Emigration" in Prague. Günther committed suicide in 1945 while being held by the Americans in an Ebensee prison.
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Name
  • Günther, Rolf
Alternative Names
  • Guenther, Rolf
Date of Death
  • May 1945
Date of Birth
  • 1913-01-08
Short Description
  • Deputy to Adolf Eichmann
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  • Rolf Günther (January 8, 1913 – May 1945) was a German major who served as Sturmbannführer in the SS and who acted as deputy to Adolf Eichmann. Günther is held responsible for the deportation of Jews from Greece and secretly of Turkey, to the Auschwitz concentration camp, with assistance from Alois Brunner. His brother Hans Günther was head of the "Central Office for Jewish Emigration" in Prague. Günther committed suicide in 1945 while being held by the Americans in an Ebensee prison.