An overview of the German and Austrian SS and Police Staff"VALLASTER, Josef SS-Scharführer
05/02/1910 - 14/10/1943
Born in Silbertal (Austria). Served at Hartheim as "chief burner". He was allowed to open the gas tap.
SERVICE AT BELZEC:
Only for in Belzec for a short time. Helped to construct the camp.
SERVICE AT SOBIBOR:
One of the leaders in Camp III. There he supervised the gassing, burying and cremating. He often drove the narrow gauge locomotive which transported infirm and old people to Camp III. Frenzel called him cruel.
Killed during the Sobibor revolt. In 1988 in Silbertal the German Historian Peter Witte discovered a monument with the inscription "Die Gemeinde Silbertal den Opfern der Kriege" (The community of Silbertal to the victims of the wars), on which Vallasta's name was inscribed." (