Otto Küsel (born 16 May 1909 in Berlin; died 17 November 1984[1]) is considered to be an example of a prisoner functionary in Nazi concentration camp, who used his position in favour of other prisoners.
[2] On 20 May 1940 he came from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp to Auschwitz I in a group of 30 criminal prisoners.
[4] On the afternoon of 29 December 1942, Küsel escaped together with the Polish prisoners, Jan Baraś Komski, Mieczysław Januszewski and Bolesław Kuczbara.
[5] Küsel was arrested in Warsaw and sent back to Auschwitz in September 1943.
He was kept in isolation until November and released to the main camp in November during an amnesty related to the taking of office of the new commander Arthur Liebehenschel.