Theodor Dannecker

Theodor Dannecker in uniform.
Theodor Dannecker around 1942. Photograph on Wikimedia Commons. Photo source.

Eichmann aide who worked on anti-Jewish measures and deportations in several countries.

About

Theodor Dannecker worked in Eichmann’s section and became its adviser in occupied France. He pressed French and German offices to carry out arrests and deportations.

He later worked in Bulgaria, Italy, and Hungary. U.S. forces captured him in December 1945, and he died by suicide in custody.

In this interview

Eichmann names Dannecker as his man in Paris and uses him to explain how IV B 4 advisers worked with German envoys, police chiefs, and local governments.

The typescript sometimes spells the name Danecker.

Selected pages

  • Page 47

    Eichmann lists Dannecker in Paris beside advisers in Bratislava and Athens.

  • Page 48

    Eichmann says he visited Dannecker or ordered him to Berlin.

  • Page 51

    The speakers examine whether Dannecker had direct police power in France.