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Friedrich Harder (22 December 1891 in Ahlten – 3 February 1944 in Lazarett Auschwitz) was a German SS-Hauptscharführer.

Harder was from August 1943 to January 1944 the Lagerführer of the Gypsy camp in Auschwitz, a portion of Auschwitz II. He died after he was "deliberately infected with typhus" by prisoners of the camp.[1][2]

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  1. Aleksander Lasik: Die Organisationsstruktur des KL Auschwitz. In: Wacław Długoborski, Franciszek Piper (ed.): Auschwitz 1940–1945. Studien zur Geschichte des Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz. Oswiecim 1999, Band 1: Aufbau und Struktur des Lagers. p. 238f
  2. Gedenkbuch: Die Sinti und Roma im Konzentrationslager Auschwitz Birkenau. Saur-Verlag, München - page: 1656
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