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'''Oswald Pohl''' (1892-1951) rose to high Nazi rank principally through financial and administrative management skill, eventually heading the [[Schutzstaffel]]'s (SS) economic administration, the [[WVHA]], whose responsibilities included the actual operation of the [[Nazi concentration camp|concentration camp]] system. A protege of [[Heinrich Himmler]], he was identified with the part of [[The Holocaust]] that wanted maximum economic exploitation of the Jews, as opposed to the security side that wanted them destroyed as soon as possible. | |||
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Oswald Pohl (1892-1951) rose to high Nazi rank principally through financial and administrative management skill, eventually heading the Schutzstaffel's (SS) economic administration, the WVHA, whose responsibilities included the actual operation of the concentration camp system. A protege of Heinrich Himmler, he was identified with the part of The Holocaust that wanted maximum economic exploitation of the Jews, as opposed to the security side that wanted them destroyed as soon as possible.