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Richard Glücks (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈɡlʏks] ⓘ; 22 April 1889 – 10 May 1945) was a high-ranking German SS functionary during the Nazi era. From November 1939 until the end of World War II, he commanded the Concentration Camps Inspectorate, later integrated into the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office as "Amt D".
Richard Glücks (22 April 1889 – 10 May 1945), SS Gruppenführer, head of Office Group D of the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungs-Hauptamt), and as such head inspector of the concentration camps. Glücks’s office was responsible for organizing the German concentration camps and making sure that they ...
Richard Glücks ( German: [ ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈɡlʏks] ⓘ; 22 April 1889 – 10 May 1945) was a high-ranking German Nazi official in the SS. From November 1939 until the end of World War II, he was Concentration Camps Inspector (CCI), which became Amt D: Konzentrationslagerwesen under the WVHA in Nazi Germany.
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Richard Glücks (* 22. April 1889 in Odenkirchen; † 10. Mai 1945 in Flensburg) war ein deutscher SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS. Ab November 1939 war Glücks Leiter der Inspektion der Konzentrationslager, zunächst im SS-Führungshauptamt der Waffen-SS, ab März 1942 im SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt .
Aug 25, 2017 · Richard Glücks April 22, 1889 – May 10, 1945 (?) Guilty or not guilty According to Pohl, Glücks was the person within the W.V.H.A. who was directly responsible for the Endlösung in the extermination camps Majdanek and Auschwitz ; according to Höss he was a totally incompetent leader who hardly knew anything about what was going on in the ...
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Aug 21, 2023 · To facilitate this process, Himmler incorporated the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps, now led by SS General Richard Glücks, with the SS Economic-Administration Main Office (SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt-WVHA) under Pohl in March 1942.
Pohl's subordinate, SS- Gruppenführer Richard Glücks, served as the Amtschef (Department Chief) of the Concentration Camps Inspectorate which was known as "Department D" within the WVHA. It was Glücks who may be seen as the direct superior to the camp commandant of Auschwitz, SS- Obersturmbannführer Rudolf Höss.
