Joseph Stieglitz

Joseph Stieglitz was a Haupsturmführer in the SS during World War II. He was Jewish, though not an observant one, and benefited from Adolf Hitler's policy of toleration for the Jews. He'd also adopted Hitler's disdain for the Zigeuner, and, in his capacity as an SS officer, oversaw the capture and deportation of the Zigeuner and other Untermenschen in areas under German occupation during World War II.

In October, 1944, not long after Germany had installed Ferenc Szálasi as leader of Hungary, Stieglitz was stationed in Zalaegerszeg. He received word from SS hq that there was a Zigeuner camp three kilometers south of the nearby town of Nagylengyel. He lead a group of German and Hungarian troops to clear out the camp.