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chambers to be removed. He let them strangle and die slowly for a few hours more. He yelled and shook with rage. In spite of the fact that he came only on rare occasions, the SS men feared him greatly. He lived alone, attended by
Ukrainian orderly who served under him. This Ukrainian submitted to him the daily reports.
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He was a tall bully, broad shouldered, age around forty, with an expressionless face. He seemed to me as if he were a born bandit. Once, the gassing engine stopped working. When he was informed , he arrived astride a horse, ordered the engine to be repaired and did not allow the people in the gas
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were definitely wicked people, and the whole staff of the camp was afraid of them.... I heard that Hering shot two
Ukrainian guards who expressed their dissatisfaction with what was going on in Bełżec."
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Besatzungs- und Annexionspolitik in Norditalien 1943 bis 1945: Die Operationszonen „Alpenvorland“ und „Adriatisches Küstenland“
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from the forced labor camp supporting the German war effort. On 3–4 November 1943, German police killed the remaining Jews at
Poniatowa during
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in
Stuttgart, the two became acquaintances, so that Hering was able to continue working despite the violent protests of local
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in northern France until the armistice in 1918. He attained the rank of sergeant. For his war services he was awarded the
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was impressed by his visit to the
Reinhard camps in March 1943, Hering was promoted to the rank of
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men. In May 1933 Hering finally joined the NSDAP. In 1934 he was appointed head of the Göppingen
318:"euthanasia" program. Having completed the order at Gdynia, he was transferred to work first at
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Hering began his police career in 1919 as a detective (sergeant) in the criminal police (
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regiment, and then voluntarily stayed on for another three years. Hering then joined the
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and then continued his career in 1939 in
Stuttgart-Schwenningen. After the outbreak of
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at the end of August 1942. He served as the camp's commandant until its closure in
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and worked at the train station, testified about Hering (file No.: Ds. 1604/45 –
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from official contexts since 1912, and while working in the
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police in 1912. In 1914, Hering married and had one son.
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Tadeusz Misiewicz, a Pole who lived in the village of
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163:and later as the second and last commandant of
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260:Nazi Seizure of Power
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334:euthanasia centres.
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130:SS-Totenkopfverbände
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792:SS-Hauptsturmführer
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452:and the closure of
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358:Operation Reinhard
338:Operation Reinhard
304:General Government
169:Operation Reinhard
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187:Early life
81:Allegiance
44:1887-06-02
16:SS officer
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374:June 1943
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244:Göppingen
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