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Josias of Waldeck-Pyrmont: The SS Prince Behind the Crimes of Buchenwald
Josias, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, a German aristocrat turned SS leader, became deeply involved in the Nazi regime and held authority over the Buchenwald concentration camp during the Second World War.
Josias, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, was a former German aristocrat whose pursuit of power and restored privilege led him deep into the criminal machinery of Nazi Germany, especially during the Second World War. Born in 1896 into a ruling noble family, Josias grew up in imperial Germany, but the collapse of the monarchy after World War I stripped his family of its principality, titles…
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