page_title: Oswald Pohl
hierarchical_section_title: Oswald Pohl
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Oswald Ludwig Pohl (* 30. Juni 1892 in Duisburg; † 7. Juni 1951 in Landsberg), deutscher SS-Obergruppenführer und general der Waffen-SS. Pohl war Leiter des SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamtes und in dieser Funktion führend an der Durchführung des Holocaust beteiligt. Während der Nürnberger Prosse wurde Pohl zum Tode verurteilt und später hingerichtet.
context_page_description: Oswald Ludwig Pohl was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a key figure in the Final Solution, the genocide of the European Jews.
  After the war, Pohl went into hiding; he was apprehended in 1946. Pohl stood trial in 1947 in the Pohl Trial, was convicted of crimes against humanity, and sentenced to death. After repeatedly appealing his case, he was executed by hanging in 1951.
context_section_description: Oswald Ludwig Pohl listen (30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a key figure in the Final Solution, the genocide of the European Jews.
  After the war, Pohl went into hiding; he was apprehended in 1946. Pohl stood trial in 1947 in the Pohl Trial, was convicted of crimes against humanity, and sentenced to death. After repeatedly appealing his case, he was executed by hanging in 1951.
caption: Pohl in custody
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