Josef Kramer (WL)

Josef Kramer is a major antagonist in ''Warring Legends' World War II. ''He was the Commandant of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and was a notorious Nazi war criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people.

Trial and Execution
Josef Kramer was imprisoned at the Hamelin jail. Along with 44 other camp staff Kramer was tried in the Belsen Trial by a British military court at Luneburg. The trial lasted several weeks from September to November 1945. During the trial Anita Lasker testified that Kramer took part in selections for the gas chamber. Kramer was sentenced to death on 17 November 1945 and hanged at Hamelin jail by Albert Pierrepoint on 13 December 1945.