Paul Bredow | |
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| Born | 1902 Koźliny, German Empire |
| Died | December 1945 (aged 42–43) Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
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Schutzstaffel |
| Rank | Unterscharführer |
| Unit | SS-Totenkopfverbände |
| Commands held | Treblinka extermination camp |
Paul Bredow (1902 – December 1945) was a German SS sergeant and Holocaust perpetrator. He served at Treblinka extermination camp during the Operation Reinhard phase of the Holocaust in Poland.
Bredow was from German Silesia (Schlesien). He served at Grafeneck Euthanasia Centre and Hartheim Euthanasia Centre. He came to Treblinka together with Franz Stangl in the first group of German SS. He served there until spring 1943. Bredow was the head of the Kommando Rot clothing sorting unit at the Barracks A in the camp's zone 2 Auffanglager, remembered for his pathological cruelty by survivors. In spring 1943, he was transferred to Sobibor, where he was put in charge of the "Lazarett". His hobby there was the target shooting of Jews with a pistol, fifty a day, which was fully approved by his superior Christian Wirth.
Bredow was transferred to San Sabba concentration camp in Trieste (Italy) before the war ended. He returned to Germany after the war and worked for a few months as carpenter together with his SS friend Karl Frenzel in Giessen until November 1945. In December 1945, Bredow was killed in a car accident in Göttingen.