Language:
German
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
Dachauer Hefte; Studien und Dokumente zur Geschichte der nationalsozialistischer Konzentrationslager
Angaben zur Quelle:
7 (1991) 24-33
Keywords:
Eschen, Heinz
;
Dachau (Concentration camp)
;
Nazi concentration camps
Abstract:
The story of Heinz Eschen, a Jewish communist student interned in Dachau in 1933 and singled out for especially brutal treatment. In 1936 or 1937 the camp authorities made Eschen responsible for the Jewish block, in which there were at that time 150-200 inmates. By keeping strict discipline, he impressed the Nazis as trustworthy. In fact, he worked incessantly to save lives, lighten the load for the weak and elderly, and keep up morale. In January 1938 an informer apparently reported on Eschen and he was put to death under torture.
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