Arpad Wigand | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1906 Mannheim, German Empire |
| Died | 26 July 1983 (aged 77) Mannheim, West Germany |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch/service |  Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1932–1945 |
| Rank | Oberführer |
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.
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]
- ^ "Where is Auschwitz?". 11 October 2018.
- ^ 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