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In real life, he was known for his brutallity and cruelty in the Gusen concentration camp, and was known as ''Teufel von Gusen'' (Devil of Gusen). Later also known for the same reputation in Herzogenbusch.

During his reign at Herzogenbusch, Chmielewski gained a reputation for corruption, eventually tried for personally enriching himself through stealing diamonds from prisoners. ]Deprived of his position and rank in 1943, the SS court sentenced Chmielewski to 15 years in prison for rape and embezzlement, spending the rest of the war as an inmate at Dachau concentration camp.

During his reign at Herzogenbusch, Chmielewski gained a reputation for corruption, eventually tried for personally enriching himself through stealing diamonds from prisoners. Deprived of his position and rank in 1943, the SS court sentenced Chmielewski to 15 years in prison for rape and embezzlement, spending the rest of the war as an inmate at Dachau concentration camp.

In 1953, he was tried for perjury, fraud, and bigamy. After his real identity was established, he was arrested by West German police in January 1959, accused of nearly two hundred counts of murder.