Arthur Liebehenschel
| Arthur Liebehenschel | |
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Arthur Liebehenschel as SS-Sturmbannführer
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| Born |
25 November 1901 Posen, German Empire |
| Died | 28 January 1948 (aged 46) Kraków, Poland |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Schutzstaffel
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| Rank |
 Obersturmbannführer, SS
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| Unit |
 SS-Totenkopfverbände
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| Commands held |
Auschwitz, 1 December 1943 — 8 May 1944 Majdanek, 19 May 1944 — 22 July 1944 |
Auschwitz, 1 December 1943 — 8 May 1944
Arthur Liebehenschel (
listen ; 25 November 1901 – 24 January 1948) was a commandant at the Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps during World War II. He was convicted of war crimes by the Polish government following the war and executed in 1948.
Liebehenschel was born in Posen (now Poznań). He studied economics and public administration. Too young to serve in World War I, in 1919 he was in the Freikorps "Grenzschutz Ost"; 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 Totenkopfverbände. 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).
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