Brittany Cook

“Architect of the Holocaust” Born: March 19, 1906 Cologne, Germany Into a middle class protestant family Death: May 31, 1962

One of the most feared and hated Nazi leaders Responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews during WWII

Mother died when he was 10 years old Family then moved to Linz, Austria after the death Poor student unlike his 3 brothers and 1 sister Teased as a boy for his looks and dark complexion Nicknamed "the little Jew" Went to the same secondary school Hitler had attended 15 years before

Failed to complete his engineering studies Had various jobs including: A laborer in his father's small mining company Working in sales for an electrical construction company Traveling salesman for an American oil company

Joined the growing Austrian Nazi Party April 1, 1932 He was 26 years old Suggested by his friend Ernst Kaltenbrunner A feared henchman in the Holocaust Took part in extermination camps Sentenced to death in Nuremburg Crimes against humanity Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Later became a member of the SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Head of the Department for Jewish Affairs in Gestapo From Chief of Operations in the deportation of 3 million Jews to extermination camps

Organized the Wannsee Conference of January 1942 Focused on issues related to the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” Aimed at the total extermination of European Jewry

Trialed in Jerusalem Crimes against the Jewish people Crimes against humanity War Crimes Found Guilty on all counts

Sentenced to death Hanged at Ramien Prison On May 31, 1962, the State of Israel carried out the only death sentence in it’s history on the man whose only defense was “I was just following orders”

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