Kappler was in charge of Jewish roundups for deportations to Auschwitz ; in his first action , 1,023 Italian Jews were deported with only 16 surviving , and Kappler would later arrange the deportation of a further 993 Roman Jews , nearly all of whom would eventually die in Nazi gas chambers . During this action , he demanded 50 kilograms of gold ( 110 lbs . ) from the Jewish community in Rome , which he later claimed was an attempt to prevent the round-up and the deportations
1,023 Italian Jews were deported
Raid of the Ghetto of Rome
Herbert Kappler