SS Main Economic and Administrative Office

SS Main Economic and Administrative Office

SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt SS-WVHA
Heinrich Himmler at an SS construction site, 1940.
SS-WVHA overview
Formed	February 1, 1942[1]
Preceding agencies	Hauptamt Verwaltung und Wirtschaft Hauptamt Haushalt und Bauten
Dissolved	May 8, 1945
Jurisdiction	German Reich German-occupied Europe
Headquarters	Unter den Eichen 125-135, Lichterfelde, Berlin 52°27′5.12″N 13°18′35.24″E / 52.4514222°N 13.3097889°E / 52.4514222; 13.3097889
Minister responsible	Heinrich Himmler, (1933–1945)
SS-WVHA executive	Oswald Pohl, Chief, SS-WVHA (1942–1945)
Parent SS-WVHA	Allgemeine-SS

The SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (German: SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt; SS-WVHA) was a Nazi organization responsible for managing the finances, supply systems and business projects of the Allgemeine-SS (a main branch of the Schutzstaffel; SS). It also ran the concentration camps and was instrumental in the implementation of the Final Solution through such subsidiary offices as the Concentration Camps Inspectorate and SS camp guards.