Eduard Weiter [SEP] place of death
Eduard Weiter
Eduard Weiter (18 July 1889, Eschwege – 2 May 1945, Itter) was a German bureaucrat who became a Schutzstaffel Obersturmbannführer and concentration camp commandant during World War II.
Early years.
The son of a horsewhip maker, Weiter worked as a book salesman whilst studying part-time until he joined the German Imperial Army at the age of twenty. He served as a soldier for ten years, seeing action on the Eastern, Western and Balkan fronts during the course of World War I. He served
Upon Čučković's failure to return, and the death at the prison of the former commander of Dachau Eduard Weiter under suspicious circumstances on 2 May, Wimmer feared for his own life and abandoned his post. The "SS-Totenkopfverbände" guards departed the castle soon after, with the prisoners taking control of the castle and arming themselves with the weaponry that remained.
Failing to learn of the result of Čučković's effort, prison leaders accepted the offer of its Czech cook, Andreas Krobot, to bicycle to Wörgl mid-