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Arpad Wigand

SS oberfuhrer (1906-1983)

Arpad Jakob Valentin Wigand (13 January 1906 – 26 July 1983) was a German Nazi officer with the rank of SS-Oberführer who served as the SS and Police Leader (SSPF) in Warsaw from 4 August 1941 until 23 April 1943 during the occupation of Poland in World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to prison.

Wigand was born the son of a railwayman in Mannheim. After completing secondary school, he began an apprenticeship with the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1922. However, after completing his training, he was not hired due to austerity measures at the railway. From 1925 onward, he earned his living as a commercial clerk in Düsseldorf. He lost this job in 1931 as a result of the Great Depression. Wigand became a member of the Nazi Party in 1926 (membership number 30,682) and of the Schutzstaffel (SS number 2,999) in 1930. As an early Party member, he would later be awarded the Golden Party Badge. From 1931, he served in several SS-Standarte as an adjutant and staff officer.

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