Emil Mahl

Emil Erwin Mahl (born 9 November 1899 in Karlsruhe; died 1 April 1967 in Heidelberg)[1][2] was a Kapo (prisoner functionary) in the crematorium of the Nazi Dachau concentration camp.

After the end of the war, Mahl testified that Wilhelm Ruppert, Rudolf Heinrich Suttrop, Josef Jarolin, Franz Xaver Trenkle, Wilhelm Wagner, Franz Böttger, Alfred Kramer, Josef Seuss, Johann Viktor Kirsch and Theodor Heinrich Bongartz were present at executions in different compositions.

Of the camp doctors, he named Fritz Hintermayer, Fridolin Karl Puhr and Hans Eisele.

Johann Kick is said to have brought the prisoners to the crematorium and Leonhard Anselm Eichberger is said to have been the reporter present.

According to his own statements, Mahl himself was partially kicked by the SS officers present in order to carry out the executions more quickly.

In front of the crematorium, the two hesitated because they were afraid, but then slowly walked with me to a place where an electric flashlight was shining.

[3] Before the liberation of the camp, Mahl fled to Munich, where he was tracked down and arrested by Michel Thomas, who worked for the Counter Intelligence Corps, at the beginning of May 1945.