Who was the Commandant of Dachau when the camp was liberated?
The last Commandant of Dachau was Wilhelm Eduard Weiter, who replaced Martin Gottfried Weiss on November 1, 1943. As the commander of the Mühldorf sub camp complex, Weiss was brought back to Dachau in March 1945 when Mühldorf was evacuated. Weiss was in charge of the Dachau camp for two days after Eduard Weiter left the camp on April 26, 1945. Weiss left the Dachau camp on April 28, 1945, the day before it was liberated, leaving SS Lt. Johannes Otto in charge. Weiss was hanged on May 29, 1946 after being convicted in the first proceedings of the American military tribunal at Dachau, which began on November 15, 1945.
