Josef Bühler: Nazi Official Who Helped Implement the Holocaust in Poland

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · Jun 23, 2026 · 13m

Josef Bühler was a senior Nazi official who helped implement the Holocaust and administer German-occupied Poland during World War II. Once a promising young lawyer from a devout Bavarian family, Bühler’s life changed forever when he entered the orbit of Hans Frank, Hitler’s trusted legal adviser and later the Governor General of occupied Poland. As Frank rose, Bühler rose with him. Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Bühler moved to Kraków, where he became Frank’s closest deputy and, from 1940, the State Secretary of the General Government. From this office he signed…