Georg Konrad Morgen
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Born to a railwayman in Frankfurt in 1910, George Konrad Morgen was an SS judge originally sent to serve the Wiking Division on the front lines as punishment for insubordination.
In 1943 Morgen was sent to investigate other SS members on charges of corruption. Among the people he investigated was Karl Otto Koch, husband of Ilse Koch - as well as the camp's doctor Waldemar Hoven, who was accused of murdering both inmates and camp guards who threatened to testify against Koch. He later testified at the Nuremberg trials, though he claimed the stories of Koch's fetish with lampshades made of human skin was merely a "legend".
He later claimed that he fought for justice during the Nazi era, and cited his long list of 800 investigations into criminal activity at concentration camps during his two years of activity. Notable cases he worked on as an SS Judge included;
- Karl Otto Koch -- Commandant of Buchenwald and Majdanek -- executed for two counts of murder
- Hermann Florstedt -- Commandant of Majdanek -- executed for murder
- Hermann Hackmann -- in charge of protective custody in Majdanek -- condemned to death for murder but eventually posted to a penal unit
- Hans Loritz -- Commandant of Orianenburg -- proceedings initiated on suspicion of arbitrary killing
- Adam Gruenewald -- Commandant of 's-Hertogenbosch -- found guilty of maltreatment of prisoners and posted to a penal unit
- Karl Kuenstler -- Commandant of Flossenburg -- dismissed for drunkeness and debauchery
- Alex Piorkowski -- Commandant of Dachau -- accused of murder but not sentenced
- Maximilian Grabner -- Head of Political Section in Auschwitz -- accused of murder but not sentenced.
He died in 1976, after continuing his legal career in Frankfurt following the war.
