Franz Stangl (1908-1971)

Originally trained as a weaver, but later worked for the police. In 1940 employed at the Euthanasia Programme, Operation T4, where thousands of German disabled people were murder on orders from the state. From May-September 1942 Stangl was commandant at the extermination camp Sobibor, then held the same position in Treblinka. After World War II Stangl escaped to Brazil, where he was discovered in 1967. He was then brought to Europe and found responsible for murdering 700,000 people. Stangl died of heart failure in 1971, having appealed his sentence.