August Becker
August Becker (17 August 1900 – 31 December 1967) was a mid-ranking functionary in the
SS of
Nazi Germany and chemist in the
Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). He helped design the vans with a gas chamber built into the back compartment used in early Nazi mass murder of disabled people, political dissidents, Jews, and other "racial enemies", including
Action T4 as well as the
Einsatzgruppen (mobile Nazi death squads) in the Nazi-occupied portions of the
Soviet Union. Generally his role was to provide important technical support, but on at least one occasion he personally gassed about 20 people.
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