The origin and creation of KL Auschwitz
The project to create a concentration camp in Oświęcim was born in the Office of the SS and Police Senior Commander in Wrocław, headed by Gruppenfuehrer SS Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. At the end of 1939, the project was submitted by the Oberfuehrer SS police inspector Arpad Wigand, subordinate to him. The Nazis were worried …