Auschwitz Trial Executions - Rudolf Hss, Hans Aumeier, Maria Mandel, Karl McKel, Ludwig Plagge, Arthur Liebehenschel, Maximilian Grabner (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rudolf Hss, Hans Aumeier, Maria Mandel, Karl Mckel, Ludwig Plagge, Arthur Liebehenschel, Maximilian Grabner, Therese Brandl, August Bogusch, Paul Gtze, Josef Kollmer. Excerpt: Arthur Liebehenschel (25 November 1901 - 28 January 1948) was a commandant at the Auschwitz and Majdanek death camps during World War II . He was convicted of war crimes after the war and executed. Biography Liebehenschel was born in Posen (now Pozna ). He studied economics and public administration . Too young to serve in World War I, he served as a sergeant major in the German Reichswehr afterwards. In 1932, he joined the Nazi Party (member number 39 254), and in 1934 was commissioned in the SS, where he served in the Totenkopfverbnde . Liebehenschel became the adjutant in the Lichtenburg concentration camp, and two years later was transferred to the inspectorate of the concentration camps in Berlin . In 1942, when the SS- Wirtschaftsverwaltungshauptamt (WVHA - Office of economic policy) was founded, Liebehenschel was assigned to the new Amtsgruppe D (Concentration Camps) as head of Office D I (Central Office). On 10 November 1943, Liebehenschel was appointed commandant of Auschwitz extermination camp, succeeding Rudolf H . When H returned to Auschwitz, Liebehenschel was appointed commandant of the Majdanek extermination camp on 19 May 1944, succeeding Martin Gottfried Weiss . The camp was evacuated because of the Soviet advance on Nazi Germany, and Liebehenschel was ordered to Trieste, Italy to the office of Odilo Globocnik, Hhere SS- und Polizeifhrer (HSSPF) for Operational Zone Adriatic Coast (OZAK). Liebehenschel became head the SS Manpower Office there. At the war's end, Liebehenschel was arrested by the American Army and was extradited to Poland . He was convicted in the Auschwitz ...