Arnold Büscher

Arnold Büscher
Arnold Büscher
Born	16 December 1899; Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Died	2 August 1949 (aged 49)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Years of service	1931–1945
Rank	SS-Obersturmführer
Commands held	Arbeitslager KL-Płaszów

Arnold Büscher (16 December 1899 – 2 August 1949) was a German SS officer. At the rank of SS-Obersturmführer, he was the fourth commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, succeeding Amon Göth, from September 1944 until January 1945.

Life

Büscher was born on 16 December 1899 in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

Büscher became member of the SS in 1931. After the outbreak of the Second World War, he worked at many concentration camps, including Flossenbürg, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen and Neuengamme.

Büscher succeeded Amon Göth as the commandant of Płaszów concentration camp after Göth was arrested on 13 September 1944. Büscher resisted Oskar Schindler's efforts to include 300 Jewish women on his list of Schindlerjuden for work at Schindler's new factory in Brněnec, instead sending them with other Jews of Płaszów to Auschwitz I. Furthermore, Büscher, perhaps out of spite for Schindler, requested of Auschwitz I commandant Richard Baer that 300 different Jewish women be sent to Schindler's factory. However, Schindler was able to pay Baer to send him his 300 female Schindlerjuden.[1]

On 23 January 1948, Büscher was sentenced to death in Poland for his crimes at Płaszów.[2] He was executed by hanging on August 2, 1949.

References

Crowe, David M. Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List. Westview Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004, 0-465-00253-5, pp. 357–358.
Benz, Wolfgang. Der Ort des Terrors. Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager. (The Place of Terror. History of Nazi Concentration Camps.). C.H. Beck, Munich, 2005, 3-406-57237-1, p. 272.

Military offices
Preceded by SS-Hauptsturmführer Amon Göth	Commandant of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp September 1944 – c. January 1945	Succeeded by None

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[1] Crowe, David M. Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List. Westview Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004, 0-465-00253-5, pp. 357–358.

[2] Benz, Wolfgang. Der Ort des Terrors. Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager. (The Place of Terror. History of Nazi Concentration Camps.). C.H. Beck, Munich, 2005, 3-406-57237-1, p. 272.