Date of birth:

July 10th, 1897 (Darmstadt/Hesse, Germany)

Date of death:

June 19th, 1957 (Darmstadt/Hessen, Duitsland)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

From 1941 to 1944 Major Karl Plagge was the commander of the Heeres-Kraftfahr-Park 562 in Vilnius (Lithuania), where cars from the Wehrmacht were repaired. In his work camp he employed more than 1.000 Jews as slave workers. He ordered his men to give them a respectful treatment. Abuse of Jews was strictly forbidden by Plagge. The conditions in his camp were relatively good.

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• Photo 1: Erika Vogel/Michael Good
• - Good M., The Search for Major Plagge, Fordham University Press, New York, 2006