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{{Villain_Infobox| | {{Villain_Infobox|Image = Amon goeth 1946.jpg|fullname = Amon Leopold Göth|alias = The Nazi Butcher|occupation =Commandant of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (1943 - 1944)|skills = Vast intelligence <br> Murder skills <br> Leadership|hobby = Shooting Jews<br>Committing crimes against the Polish nation|goals = To be extremely sadistic towards Jewish and Polish victims (succeeded until his apprehension)<br>Keep Jewish workers in fear while they work and have the Plazow Ghetto liquidated (succeeded until he was captured).|type of villain = Psychopathic Nazi|crimes = [[Serial murder]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Felonious assault<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Persecution of Christians]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Slavery]]<br>[[Misogyny]]|name=Amon Göth}}{{Quote|As a survivor I can tell you that we are all traumatized people. Never would I, never, believe that any human being would be capable of such horror, of such atrocities. When we saw him from a distance, everybody was hiding, in latrines, wherever they could hide. I can't tell you how people feared him.|Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig, a survivor of Płaszów, describes Göth.}} | ||
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> | '''Amon Göth''' (December 11<sup>th</sup>, 1908 - September 13<sup>th</sup>, 1946) was an Austrian [[Schutzstaffel|SS ]] officer, serial mass murderer, and [[War crime|war criminal]] who oversaw the [[concentration camp]] at Płaszów. He was eventually convicted of war crimes and was executed by hanging for his part in the [[murder]] of tens of thousands of innocent people. | ||
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'''Amon Göth''' (December 11<sup>th</sup>, 1908 - September 13<sup>th</sup>, 1946) was an Austrian [[Schutzstaffel|SS ]] officer, serial mass murderer, and [[War crime|war criminal]] who oversaw | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Göth's early SS activities are little known, largely because the Austrian SS was an illegal and underground organization until the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938. Between 1932 and 1936, Göth was a member of an Allgemeine-SS company in Vienna and, by 1937, had risen to the rank of SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant). Between 1938 and 1941, he was a member of 11th SS-Standarte operating from Vienna and was commissioned an SS-Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) on 14 July 1941. | Göth's early SS activities are little known, largely because the Austrian SS was an illegal and underground organization until the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938. Between 1932 and 1936, Göth was a member of an Allgemeine-SS company in Vienna and, by 1937, had risen to the rank of SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant). Between 1938 and 1941, he was a member of 11th SS-Standarte operating from Vienna and was commissioned an SS-Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) on 14 July 1941. | ||
===Płaszów=== | ===Płaszów=== | ||
In August 1942, Göth left Vienna to join the staff of SS-Brigadeführer Odilo | In August 1942, Göth left Vienna to join the staff of SS-Brigadeführer [[Odilo Globocnik]], 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. | ||
On 3 September 1943, Göth was given the further task of closing down the ghetto at Tarnów, where an unknown number of people were killed on the spot. On 3 February 1944, Göth shut down the concentration camp at Szebnie by ordering the inmates to be murdered on the spot or deported to other camps, again killing several thousand people. | On 3 September 1943, Göth was given the further task of closing down the ghetto at Tarnów, where an unknown number of people were killed on the spot. On 3 February 1944, Göth shut down the concentration camp at Szebnie by ordering the inmates to be murdered on the spot or deported to other camps, again killing several thousand people. | ||
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By April of 1944, Göth had been promoted to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain), having received a double promotion and thus skipping the rank of SS-Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant). He was also appointed a reserve officer of the Waffen-SS. His assignment as Commandant of the Płaszów Labour Camp continued, now under the direct authority of the SS Economics and Administration Office. | By April of 1944, Göth had been promoted to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain), having received a double promotion and thus skipping the rank of SS-Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant). He was also appointed a reserve officer of the Waffen-SS. His assignment as Commandant of the Płaszów Labour Camp continued, now under the direct authority of the SS Economics and Administration Office. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
In Płaszów, Göth [[torture]]d and [[murder]]ed prisoners on a daily basis. During his time at Płaszów, Göth allegedly shot over 500 Jews himself; Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the Schindler Jews, said, "When you saw Göth, you saw death." Göth spared the life of a Jewish prisoner Natalia Hubler, later famous as Natalia Karp, after hearing her play a nocturne by Chopin on the piano the day after she arrived at the Płaszów camp. | In Płaszów, Göth [[torture]]d and [[murder]]ed prisoners on a daily basis. During his time at Płaszów, Göth allegedly shot over 500 Jews himself; Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the Schindler Jews, said, "When you saw Göth, you saw death." Göth spared the life of a Jewish prisoner Natalia Hubler, later famous as Natalia Karp, after hearing her play a nocturne by Chopin on the piano the day after she arrived at the Płaszów camp. | ||
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On 13 September 1944, Göth was relieved of his position as Commandant of Płaszów and was assigned to the SS Office of Economics and Administration. Shortly thereafter, in November 1944, Göth was charged with theft of Jewish property (which, according to Nazi legislation, belonged to the Reich), and was arrested by the Gestapo. He was scheduled for an appearance before SS judge Georg Konrad Morgen, but due to the progress of [[World War II]], and Germany's looming defeat, a tribunal was never assembled and the charges against him were summarily dismissed. | On 13 September 1944, Göth was relieved of his position as Commandant of Płaszów and was assigned to the SS Office of Economics and Administration. Shortly thereafter, in November 1944, Göth was charged with theft of Jewish property (which, according to Nazi legislation, belonged to the Reich), and was arrested by the Gestapo. He was scheduled for an appearance before SS judge Georg Konrad Morgen, but due to the progress of [[World War II]], and Germany's looming defeat, a tribunal was never assembled and the charges against him were summarily dismissed. | ||
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 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. | ||
Göth's service record, however, does not support the claim of a late war promotion and he is listed in most texts as having only held the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer equivalent of a Captain. | Göth's service record, however, does not support the claim of a late war promotion and he is listed in most texts as having only held the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer equivalent of a Captain. | ||
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