ALOIS BRUNNER

DESCRIPTION

• Born in Austria on 1912
• Rumors say he died in 2010 in Syria
• Was a key operative for the Nazis
• Last seen in 2001, was not sure if he was still alive.
• Deported Jews to Jewish camps.
• Joined the Nazi Party at Age 19 in 1931
• He was Adolf Eichmann's Best Man.

FACTS

• He sent 47,000 Austrian Jews to concentration camps.
• Was transferred to Greece and responsible for deporting 43,000 Jews to Salonika
• In June 1943, he was sent to France to take over, there was about 25,000 men, women, and children who died.
• He escaped to Syria afterwards.

MORE FACTS

• He was sentenced to death in France, but had escaped.
• Rumors circulated that Poland was preparing to seek Alois To sentence him.
• In 2013, rumors circulated he was alive in Syria.

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