Amon Göth
Austrian SS functionary, commandant of Plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal (1908-1946)
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AustriaCommandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp for most of its existence, he was convicted after the war of personally killing, torturing, and ordering the extermination of prisoners — the first homicide conviction at a war crimes trial.
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Amon Leopold Göth was born 11 December 1908 in Austria. An SS functionary, he served as commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during World War II. After the war, the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland at Kraków tried him and found him guilty of personally ordering the imprisonment, torture, and extermination of individuals and groups of people. He was also convicted of homicide for personally killing, maiming, and torturing a substantial, albeit unidentified number of people. He was executed by hanging on 13 September 1946 not far from the former site o…
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