Arpad Wigand
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Candid photo in the field
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Personal details | |
Born | 13 January 1906 |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/branch | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1932 - 1945 |
Rank | SS Oberführer |
Arpad Wigand (born 13 January 1906 in Mannheim - 26 July 1983 in Mannheim); was a Nazi German war criminal with the rank of SS-Oberführer who served as the SS and Police Leader in Warsaw (SS-und Polizeiführer (SSPF)) from 4 August 1941 until 23 April 1943 during the occupation of Poland in World War II.
As an aide to Erich von dem Bach Zelewski he first suggested the site of the former Polish artillery barracks in the Zasole suburb of Oswiecim for a concentration camp in January 1940. This site would evolve into the Auschwitz concentration camp which went on to become a major site of the Nazi "Final Solution to the Jewish question" resulting in the death of up to 1,000,000 Jews.[1]
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Date | Rank |
June 1933 | SS-Sturmbannführer |
May 1934 | SS-Obersturmführer |
September 1935 | SS-Standartenführer |
April 1938 | SS-Oberführer |
February 1943 | Obersturmführer der Reserve (Waffen-SS) |
January 1944 | Hauptsturmführer der Reserve (Waffen-SS) |
Postwar trial
In 1981 Wigand was found guilty in Hamburg for war crimes (Staatsanwaltschaft Hamburg, 147 Js 8/75), and sentenced to 12.5 years, he was represented by lawyer Jürgen Rieger.[2]
Awards
- Iron Cross First Class (1939)
- War Merit Cross Second Class
- Golden Party Badge
- SS-Ehrenring
- Sword of Honor of the Reichsführer-SS
References
- ↑ Auschwitz by Debórah Dwork, Robert Jan van Pelt, page 166. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (17 April 2002) Language: English ISBN 0-393-32291-2 ISBN 978-0393322910
- ↑ The Law of War Crimes:National and International Approaches by Timothy McCormack (Hardcover - 29 January 1997)Page 75 Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (29 January 1997) Language: English ISBN 90-411-0273-6
- 1906 births
- 1983 deaths
- SS-Oberführer
- SS and Police Leaders
- Einsatzgruppen personnel
- People from Mannheim
- People from the Grand Duchy of Baden
- Gebirgsjäger of World War II
- German prisoners of war
- World War II prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom
- Recipients of the Golden Party Badge
- Polish prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
- People extradited from the United Kingdom
- German people convicted of murder
- Waffen-SS personnel
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 1st class
- Recipients of the War Merit Cross, 2nd class
- Recipients of the SS-Ehrenring
- Recipients of the Sword of Honour of the Reichsführer-SS