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{{Villain_Infobox|image = Amon goeth 1946.jpg|fullname = Amon Leopold Göth|alias = The Nazi Butcher|occupation = SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer|skills = Vast intelligence <br> Murder skills <br> Leadership|hobby = Shooting jews

Committing crimes against the Polish nation|goals = To be extremely sadistic towards Jewish and Polish victims (succeeded until his apprehension)|type of villain = Psychopathic Nazi|crimes = Serial murder<br>

Genocide<br>

Torture<br>

Felonious assault}}

'''Amon Göth''' (December 11^th, 1908 - September 13^th, 1946) was a Nazi [[War crimes|war criminal]] and Captain of the SS, he oversaw the [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Concentration_Camp concentration Camp] at Płaszów and was executed by hanging for his part in the murder of tens of thousands of innocent people.

 

 

So terrible was Göth that when Mila Pfefferberg, a surviving Schindler Jew, was introduced to Fiennes while on the set of the film, she began to shake uncontrollably in terror, as Fiennes—while in full SS-Hauptsturmführer uniform—reminded her of the real Göth.

In August 1942, Göth left Vienna to join the staff of SS-Brigadeführer Odilo Globočnik, the SS and Police Leader of Kraków. He was appointed as a regular SS officer of the Concentration Camp service, and on 11 February 1943 was assigned to construct and command a forced labour camp at Płaszów. The camp took one month to construct using slave labour and, on 13 March 1943, the Jewish ghetto of Kraków was closed down with the surviving inhabitants imprisoned in the new labour camp. Approximately 2,000 people died during the evacuation. At his war crimes trial, Göth was accused of having personally shot many people during the action.

It was Göth's firm belief that the Jews themselves should pay for their own execution, and it was wholly in this spirit when on 11 May 1942, in the small town of Szczebrzeszyn, the Gestapo ordered the Jewish council to pay 2,000 złoty and 3 kilos of coffee to cover the expenses for the ammunition used to kill the Jews.

He was next assigned to Bad Tölz, Germany, where he was quickly diagnosed by SS doctors as suffering from mental illness and diabetes. He was committed to a sanatorium where he was arrested by American troops in May 1945. At the time of his arrest, Göth claimed to have been recently promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer and, during later interrogations, several documents listed him as "SS-Major Göth". Rudolf Höß was also of the opinion that Göth had been promoted and, when called to give testimony at Göth's trial, indicated that Göth was an SS-Major in the Concentration Camp service.

He is the main villain in the movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List Schindler's List]''. In the film he is portrayed as a sadistic psychopath who shoots Jews from his balcony for his own amusement. He is played by Ralph Fiennes leading to it being his first villain role the others being the voices of [[Rameses]] and [[w:c:villains:Victor Quartermaine|Victor Quartermaine]] and his role as [[w:c:villains:Lord Voldemort|Lord Voldemort]]. At the end of the film, Göth is shown at his hanging, patting his hair in place and saying "Heil Hitler" just before a Polish soldier kicks the chair out from under him. The film does not depict the execution as it actually happened with Göth's hands tied behind his back, as well as the two unsuccessful attempts at execution. The actual execution did not involve Göth giving the Nazi salute or a Polish soldier kicking a chair out from under his feet, but instead a purpose-built platform. It should also be noted that the film actually tones down Göth's villainy from how he was in real life.

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