Erich Dinges Explained

Erich Dinges
Birth Date:20 November 1911
Birth Place:Frankfurt am Main, German Empire
Occupation:SS-Sturmmann
Party:National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Motive:Nazism
Criminal Penalty:5 years imprisonment
Conviction:Crimes against humanity
Trial:Auschwitz trial

Erich Adam Oskar Dinges (20 November 1911  - 23 April 1953) was an SS-Sturmmann and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Dinges was born in Frankfurt am Main. He worked as a driving instructor. He joined the Nazi Party and the SS on 1 March 1932. From 30 May 1941 to November 1944 he was a chauffeur at Auschwitz.

Dinges was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków and was sentenced to 5 years in prison on 22 December 1947. He was released from prison in 1952, after completing his sentence. Dinges died in 1953 under unknown circumstances.

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