Maršálek, Hans

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Name (Latin)
Maršálek, Hans
Date of birth
1914-07-19
Date of death
2011-12-09
Occupation
Historians
Nazi hunters
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 263111879
Wikidata: Q1237609
Library of congress: n 84078560
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Wikipedia description:

Hans Maršálek (19 July 1914 – 9 December 2011) was an Austrian typesetter, political activist, detective, historian, and spy for the Czechoslovak secret police. A devout socialist and active in the resistance, he was arrested by the Nazis and imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp. After the war, he joined the Austrian political police and was instrumental in tracking down and convicting numerous Nazi criminals. He also became the main chronicler of the camp's history, helped establish the Mauthausen Memorial Museum, and published several books. Jan Marsalek, a fugitive former businessman and confirmed spy operative for Russia, is his grandson.

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