Karl Babor (23 August 1918 – 18 January 1964) was an Austrian Nazi, SS doctor of the Third Reich, and officer at Camp Gross-Rosen with the rank of Hauptsturmführer. He was an expert in assassination by syringe of phenol.

Biography

In 1945, Babor was arrested and taken prisoner by the French, and spent several months in a camp before being returned to Vienna, Austria. He finished his studies without being arrested until 1952, when he was identified by former deportees at Gross-Rosen. He fled from Vienna and Austria, and was later found in Ethiopia. In the meantime, his wife returned to Germany and denounced him. She contacted Simon Wiesenthal, who alerted the world press (in 1963).

Babor died without being found: his body was recovered in January 1964 from a river infested with crocodiles. Police found that he had a self-inflected gunshot wound to his head.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Simon Wiesenthal.les assassins sont parmi nous.Opera Mundi 1967
  2. ↑ Dr. Karl Babor is listed as working at Gross-Rosen
  3. ↑ "Suicide Found in Ethiopia Identified as Nazi Doctor". The New York Times. 1964-01-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
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