WVHA

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WVHA was the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office of Nazi Germany, responsible for managing the SS’s economic enterprises, concentration camp administration, and logistical support.

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WVHA canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi SS office
SS Main Economic and Administrative Office
appliesToJurisdiction occupied territories under German control
chief Oswald Pohl
title: Chief of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office
considered criminal organization in postwar trials
country Nazi Germany
dissolutionCause defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
dissolved 1945
follows earlier SS administrative offices
formedByMergerOf SS Main Economic and Administrative Department
SS Main Office for Budget and Construction
hasPart Office Group A (Budget and Finance)
linked to: Office Group A

Office Group B (Supply)
linked to: Office Group B

Office Group C (Construction)
linked to: Office Group B

Office Group D (Concentration Camps)
Office Group W (Economic Enterprises)
linked to: Office Group W
headquartersLocation Berlin
Berlin-Lichterfelde
linked to: Steglitz-Zehlendorf
inception 1942
jurisdiction SS economic enterprises
concentration camp system
nativeLabel SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt
notableWork expansion of forced labor in the German war economy
organization of the Nazi concentration camp system
officeHolder August Frank
linked to: Walter Frank

Georg Lörner
Hans Kammler
Oswald Pohl
Richard Glücks
participatedIn Holocaust
Nazi forced labor system
linked to: Nazi camp system

crimes against humanity
war crimes during World War II
partOf SS main offices
Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
replaced SS Main Economic and Administrative Department structures
responsibleFor SS construction projects
SS finances and budgeting
administration of Nazi concentration camps
construction and maintenance of camp facilities
economic exploitation of concentration camp prisoners
food supply for concentration camps
forced labor deployment
logistical support for SS units
management of SS-owned companies
supply of clothing and equipment to SS and police
shortName WVHA
subjectOf Nuremberg Military Tribunal Case IV
WVHA trial
subordinateTo Heinrich Himmler
linked to: HeinrichHimmler

Reichsführer-SS

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