Franz Lucas

Dr. Franz Bernhard Lucas (15 September 1911, in Osnabrück, Germany – 7 December 1994, in Elmshorn, Germany) was a German concentration camp doctor and SS Obersturmführer who served at Auschwitz concentration camp during the same period of time as Josef Mengele. Lucas expressed reluctance to perform selections on the ramp at Auschwitz and was deemed to be too compassionate towards the concentration camp inmates.

In 1964 Lucas voluntarily accompanied an entourage of 16 West German lawyers and a judge from the Frankfurt Auschwitz war-crimes trial (1963–1964). They had made a fact finding trip to Poland to check the veracity of testimony given at the trial of 21 former Auschwitz concentration camp personnel. According to Lucas "It was my duty to come. Everyone who has the opportunity should come here and see what racism can lead to."