Eichmann and Sassen interview

Odilo Globocnik

Odilo Globocnik in uniform around 1938.
Odilo Globocnik around 1938 or 1939. Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2007-0188. Photo source. Resized image under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE.

SS and Police Leader who directed Operation Reinhard.

About

Odilo Globocnik was SS and Police Leader in the Lublin district and directed Operation Reinhard from 1941 to 1943. Under that program the SS and police murdered about 1.7 million Jews.

He later became Higher SS and Police Leader in the Adriatic coastal area around Trieste. His staff brought killing and deportation methods from occupied Poland into Italy.

In this interview

Glo is the frequent short form for Globocnik in passages about Lublin, anti-tank ditches, camps, deportations, and Operation Reinhard.

Selected pages

  • Page 315

    Eichmann uses Glo while describing Globocnik's special assignment in the General Government.

  • Page 426

    The full name Globocnik appears several times in the account of visits tied to anti-tank ditches and killings.