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Kommandant
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com·man·dant [ˈkɒməndænt, Am ˈkɑ:-] N MIL
commandant
Kommandant(in) m (f) <-en, -en>
Commandant-in-Chief
Oberbefehlshaber(in) m (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Marinekommandant(in) m (f)
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Kommandant(in)
commandant
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Commandant-in-Chief
Oberbefehlshaber(in) m (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Marinekommandant(in) m (f)
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
The commandant also chairs a board of officers that selects the school's students.
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They are unable to find the commandant and unwilling to search for him.
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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)
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The commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rudolf Höß, professed himself unable at that time to comply with the management’s wish, owing to shortage of guards and resources.
www.wollheim-memorial.de
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Der Kommandant des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz, Rudolf Höß, sah sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt aus Mangel an Wachpersonal und Betriebsmitteln außer Stande, dem Wunsch der Werksleitung nachzukommen.
www.wollheim-memorial.de
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In a garrison order, the commandant of Auschwitz again placed the Birkenau extermination camp (Auschwitz II) under the administrative control of the main camp (Auschwitz I), while the “Monowitz labor camp” was made independent and renamed yet again:
www.wollheim-memorial.de
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Per Standortbefehl unterstellte der Kommandant von Auschwitz das Vernichtungslager Birkenau (Auschwitz II) verwaltungsmäßig wieder dem Stammlager (Auschwitz I), während das „Arbeitslager Monowitz“ in „Konzentrationslager Monowitz“ umbenannt und eigenständig wurde.
www.wollheim-memorial.de
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December 1944 SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Kramer, former commandant of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, is appointed commandant of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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bergen-belsen.stiftung-ng.de
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Dezember 1944 Der ehemalige Kommandant des Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz-Birkenau, SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Kramer, wird neuer Lagerkommandant des KZ.
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bergen-belsen.stiftung-ng.de
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In addition, he conducted the negotiations with the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rudolf Höss, concerning the deployment of concentration camp inmates at the construction site.
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www.wollheim-memorial.de
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Darüber hinaus führte er die Verhandlungen mit dem Kommandanten des KZ Auschwitz, Rudolf Höß, über den Einsatz von KZ-Häftlingen auf der Baustelle.
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www.wollheim-memorial.de
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The camp commandant prohibited prisoners from singing " Die Moorsoldaten " because of its last line.
learning-from-history.de
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Insbesondere wegen seiner letzten Strophe verbot es der Kommandant des Lagers schon kurze Zeit später.
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