About Fritz Arlt
Lived 1912 – 2004 (aged 92). Fritz Arlt was a German racial theorist, university teacher, anthropologist, politician and official.
The SS-Obersturmbannführer Fritz Arlt (12 April 1912 in Niedercunnersdorf – 21 April 2004 in Seeg) was a key figure in the implementation of Nazi German racial policy in Leipzig, before moving his operation to occupied Polish eastern part of Upper Silesia region during World War II. He took over his post from SS-Obersturmbannführer Brunon Müller from RKF, in preparation for the forcible displacement of some 18,000–20,000 Polish nationals from around Żywiec, known as Action Saybusch.
In November 1940, long before the Wannsee Conference of 1942, Fritz Arlt proposed the enlargement of the KZ Auschwitz concentration camp for "evacuating" the Polish Jews in there from across the Generalgouvernement.
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Who was Fritz Arlt?
Nazi military personnel (1912-2004)
When was Fritz Arlt born?
Fritz Arlt was born on 12 April 1912 in Niedercunnersdorf.
When did Fritz Arlt die?
Fritz Arlt died on 21 April 2004 in Seeg.
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Fritz Arlt was a racial theorist, university teacher, anthropologist, politician and official.
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Fritz Arlt was German.
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