Arthur Liebehenschel (* 25 November 1901 in floats; on "† 24 January 1948 in Krakau, executed) commander was temporary in the KZ Auschwitz I (base camp).

Life

Liebehenschel, since 1932 member of the NSDAP and the SS (Mitgliedsnr.: 39254) was starting from 1934 aide in the KZ light castle with gate gau, likewise in the notorious citizen of Berlin Columbia house and change 1937 as a department manager into the staff of the leader of the (Theodor Eicke) to Berlin. it was located to 1940 in the service rank of a staff leader and a representative of the inspector of the concentration camps.

From Liebehenschel the instruction comes that with SS-members, who were involved in Exekutionen and should but with the war Distinguished Service Cross be distinguished in no case the designation "Exekution" may be used, but of completion of war-important tasks the speech to be is.

1942 were Liebehenschel director/conductor of the department of D 1/Zentralamt in the economics and administrative principal office (WVHA) under Oswald Pohl. When Rudolf became to appoint into a higher office, Pohl divided the functions of the administration again. Liebehenschel became on 11 November 1943 a commander in the KZ Auschwitz I (base camp); for the first time at the same time with Friedrich Hartjenstein into Auschwitz II (Birkenau) and Heinrich black into Auschwitz III (mono joke) own commanders of camp were inserted. After few months, to 8. May 1944, lost Liebehenschel this office again.

According to statements of prisoners Liebehenschel rang a new epoch in the base camp. As function prisoners now "political" prisoners were preferred, the comprehensive informer system remained unused. The periodic selections on it the following shooting in the block 11 were also stopped. Liebehenschel let the standing cells, which offered no place for sitting or lying and into those up to then prisoners strafweise had been included tear off. It issued a general shelter amnesty and let the black wall (execution wall) remove later. Furthermore main header it the instruction up to shoot each again caught refugee.

The prisoners assumed, Liebehenschels recall was to be due to these reforms. considered Liebehenschel unable. Liebehenschel regarded a lengthy argument with Pohl around its divorce, refused marriage permission and revolting against it as reason.

Starting from that 19. May 1944 changed Liebehenschel as a commander into the KZ Majdanek already vacated and to its dissolution into the office of the higher SS and police leader Triest Odilo Globocnik.

After 1945

After the distribution by the US-Army at Poland he was condemned 1947 from the highest people tribunal to death and executed on 24 January 1948 in Krakau. Its last service rank was

Literature

• Karin Orth: The concentration camp SS. Socialstructural analyses and biographic studies. dtv 34085, Munich 2004 ISBN 3-423-34085-1

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