Arthur Greiser

Arthur Greiser

Arthur Karl Greiser (22 January 1897 – 21 July 1946) was a Nazi German politician, SS-Obergruppenführer and Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) of the German-occupied territory of Wartheland. He was one of the persons primarily responsible for organizing the Holocaust in Poland and numerous other crimes against humanity. Arrested by the Americans in 1945, he was tried, convicted and executed by hanging in Poland in 1946.

Read more about Arthur Greiser:  Early Life and Career, Beginning Career in The Nazi Party, World War II, Trial and Execution

Famous quotes containing the word arthur:

    I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper.
    Eric Taylor, Leroux, and Arthur Lubin. Raoul Daubert (Edgar Barrier)