Richard Baer (Nazi)

SS-Sturmbannführer Richard Baer (September 9, 1911 – June 17, 1963) was a  German SS officer with the rank of major, and the commandant of the Auschwitz I concentration camp from May 1944 to February 1945. Following the war, Baer lived under an assumed name to avoid prosecution, but was recognized and arrested in 1960. He died in detention before he could stand trial.