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Amon Göth: Nazi Camp Commandant Known as the Butcher of Kraków
Amon Göth was the brutal Nazi commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp whose crimes made him one of the most feared figures of the Holocaust in occupied Poland. Amon Göth, commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp, remains one of the most notorious Nazi figures of the Holocaust. A former Austrian publisher’s son turned SS officer, Göth rose to infamy for his direct involvement in the persecution, torture, and murder of thousands during World War II. This documentary traces his path from early Nazi activism in Vienna to his brutal reign in occupied Poland, and ultimately, his postwar…
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