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Auschwitz-Birkenau (1941–1945): Otto Moll and What History Teaches Us
Otto Moll (1915–1946) served as an SS officer at Auschwitz-Birkenau and was assigned to duties connected to the camp’s crematoria system. Historical records describe how these facilities were used as part of the Nazi regime’s persecution and mass murder of Jews and other targeted groups.
Survivor testimony and postwar court proceedings indicate that Moll held supervisory responsibilities in areas linked to the killing process and the disposal of victims’ bodies. These actions formed part of the broader, systematic machinery of genocide carried out by Nazi Germany.
After the war, Moll was arrested and tried by U.S. military authorities in the Dachau proceedings. He was convicted for murder and participation in war crimes, and he was executed at Landsberg Prison on May 28, 1946.
Remembering this history matters. It underscores how prejudice, dehumanization, and state violence can escalate when human rights are abandoned—and why education, empathy, and vigilance remain essential today.
Sources: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM); Eyewitness Auschwitz (Filip Müller)
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