Josef Erber

Josef Erber (birth name: Josef Houstek) (16 October 1897 in Ottendorf — 1987) was an SS-Oberscharführer at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was in charge of the crematoria.[1]

For the natural history dealer in Vienna, see Josef Erber (naturalist).

Erber is mentioned several times in the account of Sonderkommando member Filip Müller, and is noted to have been among the most notoriously cruel of the SS personnel.[2]

After serving at Auschwitz, in 1944, Josef Houstek changed his name to Josef Erber.

References
  • Müller, Filip (1999) [1979]. 'Eyewitness Auschwitz - Three Years in the Gas Chambers. trans. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. and Susanne Flatauer. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee & in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 180. ISBN 1-56663-271-4.
  1. "Zyklon Introduction Columns - Erber's Testimony". Holocaust History Project. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  2. Müller, Filip. Eyewitness Auschwitz - Three Years in the Gas Chambers.
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