Richard Glücks
German senior SS officer (1889–1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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". As a direct subordinate of Heinrich Himmler, he was responsible for the forced labour of the camp inmates and was the supervisor for the medical practices in the camps, ranging from Nazi human experimentation to the implementation of the "Final Solution", in particular the mass murder of inmates with Zyklon B gas. After Germany capitulated, Glücks committed suicide by swallowing a potassium cyanide capsule.
Richard Glücks | |
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Born | (1889-04-22)22 April 1889 Odenkirchen, German Empire |
Died | 10 May 1945(1945-05-10) (aged 56) Flensburg, Allied-occupied Germany |
Allegiance | German Empire (1915–1918) Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1945) |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1915–1945 |
Rank | SS-Gruppenführer |
Service number | NSDAP #214,855 SS #58,706 |
Unit | SS-Totenkopfverbände |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Other work | One of the primary organizers of The Holocaust. |