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Carltheo Zeitschel
1893-03-13 – 1945-04-21
Life & Legacy
Carltheo Zeitschel also Carl Theo, (13 March 1893 – 21 April 1945), was a German physician, diplomat, Nazi functionary and SS-Sturmbannfuhrer (major).
Instrumental in the Holocaust in France, Zeitschel served as adviser on Jewish affairs (Judenreferent) to the German Embassy in Paris and as such was one of the organisers of the deportations of Jews from occupied France during World War II. Condemned in absentia to forced labour in perpetuity by a French court in 1954, he was actually killed during the bombing of Berlin in 1945.
Occupation & Career
diplomat, physician, naval surgeon
Education
University of Freiburg
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Federal Foreign Office · Klinikum im Friedrichshain · Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda · NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy · Wilhelm II
Organizations & Memberships
Brigade Reinhard · Reich chamber of culture · Schutzstaffel
Education & Institutions
University of Freiburg
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q1043414 — wikidata View source
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