Arpad Wigand
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Arpad Jakob Valentin Wigand (13 January 1906 – 26 July 1983) 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.
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Born | 13 January 1906 Mannheim, German Empire |
Died | 26 July 1983(1983-07-26) (aged 77) Mannheim, West Germany |
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Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Branch/service | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1932–1945 |
Rank | Oberführer |
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As an aide to Erich von dem Bach Zelewski he first suggested the site of the former Austrian and later Polish artillery barracks[1] 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.[2]