![]() At the end of the war, Globocnik succeeded in evading capture by returning to his native country in the mountains south of Klagenfurt.Īrrested on the 31st May 1945 by a British patrol, he committed suicide by taking poison in Weissensee.īorn in Salzburg Austria, on 19th June 1911, Hofle joined the NSDAP on 1st August 1933, with a party number 307,469. He was chosen to be the central figure in Operation Reinhard, the extermination of Polish Jewry, no doubt because of his scandalous past and well known virulent anti-semitism.īy November 1943 with Operation Reinhard being concluded Globocnik was appointed Higher SS Police Leader for the Adriatic Region, based in his hometown of Trieste. Pardoned by Himmler and appointed SS and Police Leader for the Lublin District in Poland on 9th November 1939. Appointed Gauleiter of Vienna on 24th May 1938, but was dismissed from this post for illegal speculation in foreign exchange on 30th January 1939. In 1933 Globocnik entered the SS and was appointed deputy district leader of the NSDAP in Austria.Īfter a spell in prison Globocnik re-emerged as a key liaison man between Hitler and leading Austrian National Socialists. He joined the Nazi party in Carinthia in 1930 and became a radical leader of its factory cells in the province. The son of an Austrian Croat family of petty officials, and a builder by trade.
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