Arthur Greiser

German politician (NSDAP), MdR, Senate President of the Free City of Danzig, Reich Governor and Gauleiter of the NSDAP, Waffen-SS Officer and Holocaust perpetrator (1897–1946)

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Lived 1897–1946, aged 49Germany

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1897–1946
Aged 49
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Updated 2026-06-18

Arthur Karl Greiser was a German Nazi Party politician, SS-Obergruppenführer, Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of the German-occupied territory of Wartheland. He was one of the persons primarily responsible for organizing the Holocaust in occupied Poland and numerous other crimes against humanity. He was arrested by the Americans in 1945, and was tried, convicted and executed by hanging in Poland in 1946 for his crimes, most notably genocide.