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.