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Arpad Wigand

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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 an SS-Oberführer who served as the SS and Police Leader in Warsaw (SS-und Polizeiführer (SSPF)) from 4 August 1941 until 23 April 1943.

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.^[1]

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 Neonazi lawyer Jürgen Rieger.^[2]

Military Promotions
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)

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

Persondata
Name	Wigand, Arpad
Alternative names
Short description	SS oberfuhrer
Date of birth	13 January 1906
Place of birth
Date of death	26 July 1983
Place of death

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