Edmund Schweser Research Paper

Konrad Edmund Schweser was born in 1899, in Sulzfeld. Schweser was a mature father to three children. He took the job as an urban construction engineer at Ochsenfurt. He was mobilized by the Todt Organization, where he then served as a track-construction engineer.

Konrad Edmund Schweser was a hero to many children during the hardships of the holocaust. The Jews were recruited by the Todt Organization, where they were managed by the SS and the Ukrainian auxiliaries in road construction. During this time, the conditions were very cruel and malicious. While being fenced in a small quarter area at the Teplik Theater, the Jews were kept on a minimal food diet, even as they had to work difficult labor. The Jews who were sick or unable to do work were put to death by the SS. The SS continued with the harsh treatments and carried out in selections throughout the camp. Dr. Saiowitz, the camp Doctor, made sure that no prisoner get out of doing their work during the upcoming days. When the SS returned, there were few Jews who were unable to work, so they stayed in Teplik. With this, Schweser objected to the removal of the innocent and sick Jews. He managed to save some of them by claiming that he was being robbed of people in desperation to fulfill his tasks. Oberwinter, Schweser’s private driver, was ordered by Schweser to drive the Schorr family over the Bug River. Schweser then joined them all the way to Czernowitz. Suddenly, there was an outbreak of severe typhus epidemic throughout the camp in January of 1943. If the SS had found out about the outbreak, elimination of the camp and the Jewish inmates would have occurred. Schweser brought …show more content…
He gave several small children the opportunity to have a better life after the Holocaust. Konrad Edmund Schweser should be an example for all to follow, for he exemplifies what it means to be a true