Austrian connections: SS and police leader Odilo Globocnik and his staff in the Lublin district

The office of the SS and police leader in the Lublin distict under Odilo Globocnik contributed to two objectives of Nazi rule in Poland: the murder of the Jews and "Germanization". Globocnik's activism is often explained by his socialization and the experience of failure as Gauleiter of Vienna. His staff have received little attention - however these were not just any men, but a group of perpetrators with very close personal and ideological ties