Ferdinand aus der Fünten

A native of Mülheim in the Ruhr, in the early years of Nazi Germany Fünten was employed in the Jewish section of the Reich Security Main Office, under the command of Adolf Eichmann.

After the occupation of the Netherlands by German troops, Fünten became head of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Amsterdam.

As head of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration, he organized the registration and arrest of Dutch Jews.

His sentence was commuted to life in prison on 4 January 1951 due to Queen Juliana's refusal to sign his death warrant.

During the 1960s, discussions started about whether the remaining prisoners should be set free, since the "Breda Four" were the only German war criminals still in captivity in the Netherlands.