SS Main Economic and Administrative Office

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Nazi SS agency administrative and economic office central office of the SS

The SS Main Economic and Administrative Office was a central Nazi SS agency responsible for managing the concentration camp system, forced labor, and the economic exploitation that underpinned much of the regime’s persecution and genocide.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
SS Economic and Administrative Main Office	2
SS Main Offices	2
SS Administration Main Office	1
SS Main Economic and Administrative Department	1
SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (WVHA)	1
SS economic and administrative offices	1
SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi SS agency ⓘ administrative and economic office ⓘ central office of the SS ⓘ
abbreviation	WVHA ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
defendantsTriedFor	war crimes and crimes against humanity ⓘ
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
GermanName	SS Main Economic and Administrative Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt
hasPart	Office Group A ⓘ Office Group B ⓘ Office Group C ⓘ Office Group D ⓘ Office Group W ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Berlin ⓘ Oranienburg ⓘ
historicalRole	central organ of economic exploitation in the SS ⓘ key institution in administering the concentration camp system ⓘ
inception	1942 ⓘ
legalAftermath	WVHA Trial at Nuremberg ⓘ
notableCommander	Georg Lörner NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswald Pohl ⓘ Richard Glücks ⓘ
officeGroupAFunction	budget and finance ⓘ
officeGroupBFunction	supply and administration ⓘ
officeGroupCFunction	construction ⓘ
officeGroupDFunction	concentration camps and prisoner administration ⓘ
officeGroupWFunction	SS economic enterprises ⓘ
parentOrganization	Reichsführer-SS ⓘ surface form: Reichsführung-SS SS Main Office structure ⓘ
participatedIn	Holocaust ⓘ Nazi forced labor system ⓘ crimes against humanity ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
partOf	Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ surface form: Schutzstaffel
replaced	SS Main Economic and Administrative Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SS Administration Main Office SS Main Economic and Administrative Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SS Main Economic and Administrative Department
responsibleFor	administration of SS building projects ⓘ administration of forced labor in the SS system ⓘ budgeting for the concentration camp system ⓘ confiscation and utilization of prisoners’ property ⓘ construction and maintenance of SS facilities ⓘ coordination of armaments-related forced labor ⓘ economic aspects of the Holocaust ⓘ economic exploitation of prisoners ⓘ exploitation of Jewish and other persecuted groups for labor ⓘ financial administration of SS enterprises ⓘ management of SS-owned companies ⓘ management of the Nazi concentration camp system ⓘ supply and logistics for SS units ⓘ
subordinateTo	HeinrichHimmler ⓘ surface form: Heinrich Himmler

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SS Main Economic and Administrative Office → GermanName → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt

Dachau → administeredBy → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Dachau concentration camp

Nazi camp system → administeredBy → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (WVHA)

Head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (oversight) → associatedWith → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

Third Reich economic bureaucracy → cooperatedWith → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS economic and administrative offices

Rudolf Höss → employer → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Economic and Administrative Main Office

Theresienstadt concentration camp → operatedBy → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Economic and Administrative Main Office

Head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (oversight) → partOf → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

Reich Main Security Office → partOf → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Main Offices

SS Race and Settlement Main Office → partOf → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Main Offices

SS Main Economic and Administrative Office → replaced → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Main Economic and Administrative Department

SS Main Economic and Administrative Office → replaced → SS Main Economic and Administrative Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Administration Main Office