Gustav Wagner (disambiguation)

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Gustav Wagner (1911–1980) was an Austrian Nazi SS officer, deputy commander of Sobibór extermination camp, and Holocaust perpetrator.

Gustav Wagner Holocaust perpetrator

Gustav Franz Wagner was an Austrian member of the SS with the rank of Staff sergeant (Oberscharführer). Wagner was a starter deputy commander of the Sobibór extermination camp in German-occupied Poland, where more than 200,000 Jews were gassed during Operation Reinhard. Due to his brutality, he was known as "The Beast" and "Wolf".

Gustav Wagner may also refer to:

Gustav Wagner (Wehrmacht) German General and Knights Cross recipient

Gustav Adolf Heinrich Wagner was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Gustav "Bib" Wagner was a Luxembourgian bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He competed in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics, but crashed out during the fourth run and did not finish. Wagner was born in Luxembourg City.

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