Wilhelm Brauckmann

Brauckmann was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and lived in Luxembourg. He joined the NSDAP in 1935. In autumn 1940, he was appointed to the Civil Administration in occupied Luxembourg (CdZ) and assigned to Subdepartment IVa, headed by Dr. Hans Christian Neugebauer, where he worked until September 1944. He served in a unit dealing with house contents, until 1942, of which he then became commander. After receiving confiscation instructions from Neugebauer, Brauckmann’s unit drew up lists of the contents of deportees’ and migrants’ homes, confiscated their belongings, sold them on the free market, and sent the proceeds to the state exchequer. In September 1944, he was inducted into the Wehrmacht and sent to the eastern front.

In April 1945, he was arrested by the Americans and turned over to the French. In 1947, he was extradited to Luxembourg, where he was accused of stealing and looting property of Jews, migrants, and enemies. Sentenced to six years in prison, Brauckmann was released soon after, and expelled to Germany.