German Nazi, head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office
Oswald Pohl
Pohl in U.S. custody
Born
30 June 1892 (1892-06-30)
Duisburg-Ruhrort, Rhine Province, Prussia, German Empire
Died
7 June 1951(1951-06-07) (aged 58)
Landsberg Prison, Landsberg am Lech, West Germany
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Occupation
Head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office
Known for
Business administrator of Nazi concentration camp system
Criminal status
Executed
Motive
Nazism
Conviction(s)
War crimes Crimes against humanity Membership in a criminal organization
Trial
Pohl Trial
Criminal penalty
Death
Details
Victims
Millions
Span of crimes
1939–1945
Country
Multiple countries across Europe
Location(s)
Nazi concentration camps
Date apprehended
27 May 1946
SS career
Allegiance
Germany
Service/branch
Waffen-SS
Rank
Obergruppenführer
Commands held
SS Main Economic and Administrative Office
Oswald Ludwig Pohl (German:[ˈɔsvaltˈpoːl]ⓘ; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a key figure in the Final Solution, the genocide of the European Jews. After the war, Pohl went into hiding; he was apprehended in 1946. Pohl stood trial in 1947, was convicted of crimes against humanity, and sentenced to death. After repeatedly appealing his case, he was executed by hanging in 1951.
Oswald Ludwig Pohl (German: [ˈɔsvalt ˈpoːl] ; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic...
known as the WVHA Trial and officially The United States of America vs. OswaldPohl, et al.) was the fourth of the thirteen trials for war crimes that the...
Steinbrinck died in prison in 1949. OswaldPohl and Otto Ohlendorf were both executed in 1951, after being convicted at the Pohl trial and the Einsatzgruppen...
concerned with concentration camp maintenance. In 1935, at the request of OswaldPohl, Frank became SS Administrative Officer of the Special Purpose Troops...
Camps Inspectorate and SS camp guards. In June 1939 SS-Obergruppenführer OswaldPohl became chief of both the Verwaltung und Wirtschaft Hauptamt (VuWHA) and...
Hans Lammers Wilhelm List Erhard Milch Joachim Peiper Hermann Pister OswaldPohl Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland Otto Ohlendorf Martin Sandberger...
Weiss became commandant of Dachau concentration camp. Soon after this, OswaldPohl criticised him severely, about the poor condition of the prisoners. Weiss...
Office (WVHA). Both Amt. W and the WVHA were headed by Waffen-SS generals OswaldPohl and Georg Lörner. The headquarters for DEST were located in Sankt Georgen...
labour extracted from the Nazi concentration camp inmates. In July 1940, OswaldPohl (acting on the advice of Walter Salpeter [de] and Hans Hohberg [de])...
Sanatorium near Ravensbrück. During her stay there, she went to see OswaldPohl, the chief of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office, in Berlin-Lichterfelde...
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ideologies of German supremacy" were all interwoven. Before joining OswaldPohl's organization at the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (WVHA)...
war criminals including Otto Ohlendorf, Erich Naumann, Paul Blobel and OswaldPohl. As Braune was escorted down the hallway to the gallows, he shouted "Kameraden...
letter dated 16 February 1943, Himmler instructed SS-Obergruppenführer OswaldPohl, head of SS-WVHA, to create a concentration camp in the "Jewish district"...
Franz Grüner. The castle was seized from Grüner by SS Lieutenant General OswaldPohl under the orders of Heinrich Himmler on 7 February 1943. The transformation...
parallel economy under the umbrella of the SS. To this end, administrator OswaldPohl set up the Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe (German Economic Enterprise)...
Murr Franz Neuhausen Wilhelm Ohnesorge Franz von Papen Paul Pleiger OswaldPohl Ferdinand Porsche Fritz Reinhardt Georg Rickhey Karl-Otto Saur (2-time...
Euthanasia Program. From November 1942 to May 1944, Baer was adjutant to OswaldPohl, then chief of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office. In November...
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