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Horst Fischer
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Horst Paul Silvester Fischer was a German medical doctor and member of the SS who participated in selections in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. He selected at least 70,000 p
Fischer during his trial (March 1966)
Fischer during his trial (March 1966)
Horst Fischer (at the board), 11 March 1966
Horst Fischer (at the board), 11 March 1966
Walter Ulbricht
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Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht was a German communist politician and revolutionary. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany and later in the early devel
Horst Fischer
…until they were no longer capable of working, then gassed. However, the court ruled that he should be executed. After the Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht refused clemency, Fischer was executed by guillotine in Leipzig on 8 July 1966, one of the last persons to be executed in this way in East Germany and…
Ulbricht in 1960
Ulbricht in 1960
Ulbricht, age 14, at the beginning of his joinery apprenticeship
Ulbricht, age 14, at the beginning of his joinery apprenticeship
Ulbricht's official Reichstag portrait, 1930
Ulbricht's official Reichstag portrait, 1930
Ulbricht (standing in the background) speaking at a debate between himself and Joseph Goebbels in the Friedrichshain. Goebbels is visible on the left
Ulbricht (standing in the background) speaking at a debate between himself and Joseph Goebbels in the Friedrichshain. Goebbels is visible on the left in the foreground. The debate ended in a massive brawl between Nazis and the KPD.