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	===Allegations===		===Allegations===
	Greiser is alleged to have written, or otherwise have been associated with, certain documents which are sometimes cited as evidence for the politically-correct view on [[the ~~Holocaust~~]] and other alleged atrocities. One example, involving correspondence with [[Himmler]] and others, is the alleged proposed killing of incurably sick Poles with tuberculosis. Revisionists argue that this involves a misinterpretation of the word "[[Sonderbehandlung]]" ("special treatment") and that in the post-war period a chief medical officer stated that		Greiser is alleged to have written, or otherwise have been associated with, certain documents which are sometimes cited as evidence for the politically-correct view on [[the Holohoax]] and other alleged atrocities. One example, involving correspondence with [[Himmler]] and others, is the alleged proposed killing of incurably sick Poles with tuberculosis. Revisionists argue that this involves a misinterpretation of the word "[[Sonderbehandlung]]" ("special treatment") and that in the post-war period a chief medical officer stated that

	: "''A central office for the fight against tuberculosis was established under the management of a specialist. This office gave the same treatment to German and to Polish cases. During my period in office as chief medical officer in Posen, until January 1945, no tuberculosis patients were 'liquidated' in the Wartheland as far as I know. I never received an order for such a measure, much less brought one about either directly or indirectly. On the contrary, the office always tried to give all tuberculosis patients proper treatment.''"<ref name=ar/>		: "''A central office for the fight against tuberculosis was established under the management of a specialist. This office gave the same treatment to German and to Polish cases. During my period in office as chief medical officer in Posen, until January 1945, no tuberculosis patients were 'liquidated' in the Wartheland as far as I know. I never received an order for such a measure, much less brought one about either directly or indirectly. On the contrary, the office always tried to give all tuberculosis patients proper treatment.''"<ref name=ar/>

	A related "[[Sonderbehandlung]]" claim is that Greiser, on 1 May 1942, supposedly asked Himmler for permission to "kill" 100,000 jews. Revisionists argue that an examination of all available archival material this word is not used and in fact this refers to deportation; and that if the politically-correct view on the ~~Holocaust~~ is correct, then there would have been no need to ask for permission, since supposedly there was a general extermination order to kill all jews.<ref name=ar>The “Extermination Camps” of “Aktion Reinhardt”—An Analysis and Refutation of Factitious “Evidence,” Deceptions and Flawed Argumentation of the "~~Holocaust~~ Controversies", Chapter 5, Notes 65-66 http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?main_page=1&page_id=28</ref> Moreover, in 1942 there were not 100,000 jews under Greiser's judisdiction.		A related "[[Sonderbehandlung]]" claim is that Greiser, on 1 May 1942, supposedly asked Himmler for permission to "kill" 100,000 jews. Revisionists argue that an examination of all available archival material this word is not used and in fact this refers to deportation; and that if the politically-correct view on the Holohoax is correct, then there would have been no need to ask for permission, since supposedly there was a general extermination order to kill all jews.<ref name=ar>The “Extermination Camps” of “Aktion Reinhardt”—An Analysis and Refutation of Factitious “Evidence,” Deceptions and Flawed Argumentation of the "Holohoax Controversies", Chapter 5, Notes 65-66 http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?main_page=1&page_id=28</ref> Moreover, in 1942 there were not 100,000 jews under Greiser's judisdiction.

	==Death==		==Death==
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	[[File:Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter Arthur Greiser.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Gauleiter ''Gauleiter''] and ''Reichsstatthalter'' (''Chef der Zivilverwaltung beim Militärbefehlshaber in Posen'') Arthur Greiser, [[SS-Obergruppenführer]], [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Nationalsozialistisches_Kraftfahrkorps NSKK]-Obergruppenführer, [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Nationalsozialistisches_Fliegerkorps NSFK]-Gruppenführer and Kapitänleutnant der Reserve of the [[Kriegsmarine]]]]		[[File:Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter Arthur Greiser.png\|thumb\|300px\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Gauleiter ''Gauleiter''] and ''Reichsstatthalter'' (''Chef der Zivilverwaltung beim Militärbefehlshaber in Posen'') Arthur Greiser, [[SS-Obergruppenführer]], [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Nationalsozialistisches_Kraftfahrkorps NSKK]-Obergruppenführer, [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Nationalsozialistisches_Fliegerkorps NSFK]-Gruppenführer and Kapitänleutnant der Reserve of the [[Kriegsmarine]]]]
	'''Arthur Karl Greiser''' (b. 22 January, 1897 in Schroda, [[Posen]] province - d. 14 July 1946 in [[Posen]]) was a [[Germans\|German]] officer in the [[Imperial German Navy]] and the [[Freikorps]], as well as a [[National Socialist]] politician, ''Landesjägermeister'' of [[Danzig]], officer of the SS (SS-Obergruppenführer) and of the [[Kriegsmarine]] (Kapitänleutnant der Reserve), as well as Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter (State Governor) of the ''Reichsgau Wartheland'' ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsgau_Wartheland de]) in [[World War II]], an area which included part of [[West Prussia]]<ref>During the Partitions of Poland, in 1793 West Prussia had been returned to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], and Posen province which had from ancient times been part of Poland, also fell to Prussia at the same time. In 1919 the these provinces were again taken from Prussia in the [[Plutocracy\|plutocratic]] Allies' imposed [[Treaty of Versailles]] and awarded to the new state of Poland, following [[The Great War]] (in which Poland as a sovereign country played no part). At the outbreak of the German-Polish war twenty years later, Poland was completely defeated and the area reverted to Germany. In 1945 the territory became part of the [[Soviet Union\|Soviet]] occupation zone.</ref> and part of the province of [[Posen]].		'''Arthur Karl Greiser''' (b. 22 January, 1897 in Schroda, [[Posen]] province - d. 14 July 1946 in [[Posen]]) was a [[Germans\|German]] officer in the [[Imperial German Navy]] and the [[Freikorps]], as well as a [[National Socialist]] politician, ''Landesjägermeister'' of [[Danzig]], officer of the SS (SS-Obergruppenführer) and of the [[Kriegsmarine]] (Kapitänleutnant der Reserve), as well as Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter (State Governor) of the ''Reichsgau Wartheland'' ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsgau_Wartheland de]) in [[World War II]], an area which included part of [[West Prussia]]<ref>During the Partitions of Poland, in 1793 West Prussia had been returned to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], and Posen province which had from ancient times been part of Poland, also fell to Prussia at the same time. In 1919 the these provinces were again taken from Prussia in the [[Plutocracy\|plutocratic]] Allies' imposed [[Treaty of Versailles]] and awarded to the new state of Poland, following [[The Great War]] (in which Poland as a sovereign country played no part). At the outbreak of the German-Polish war twenty years later, Poland was completely defeated and the area reverted to Germany. In 1945 the territory became part of the [[Soviet Union\|Soviet]] occupation zone.</ref> and part of the province of [[Posen]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	[[File:Arthur Greiser in der Uniform eines Landesjägermeisters im November 1937 mit seiner zweiten Gemahlin Maria Theodora Körfer.~~jpg~~\|300px\|thumb\|Senate President Arthur Greiser in the uniform of a state hunting master (''Landesjägermeister'') on 5 November 1937 with his second wife Maria Theodora, née Körfer, on the occasion of the ball of the German Reich Hunting Association ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbund_Deutsche_J%C3%A4gerschaft ''Reichsbund Deutsche Jägerschaft'']) in the zoo.]]		[[File:Arthur Greiser in der Uniform eines Landesjägermeisters im November 1937 mit seiner zweiten Gemahlin Maria Theodora Körfer.png\|300px\|thumb\|Senate President Arthur Greiser in the uniform of a state hunting master (''Landesjägermeister'') on 5 November 1937 with his second wife Maria Theodora, née Körfer, on the occasion of the ball of the German Reich Hunting Association ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbund_Deutsche_J%C3%A4gerschaft ''Reichsbund Deutsche Jägerschaft'']) in the zoo.]]
	[[File:Gauleiter Arthur Greiser.~~jpg~~\|right\|310px]]		[[File:Gauleiter Arthur Greiser.png\|right\|310px]]
	[[File:German Arthur Greiser in Danzig Oct 1939 Bundesarchiv.~~jpg~~\|300px\|thumb\|right\|SS-Brigadeführer Arthur Greiser at his desk, October 1939; picture: [[Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)\|Heinrich Hoffmann]]]]		[[File:German Arthur Greiser in Danzig Oct 1939 Bundesarchiv.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|SS-Brigadeführer Arthur Greiser at his desk, October 1939; picture: [[Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)\|Heinrich Hoffmann]]]]
	[[File:Arthur Greiser, 1939.~~jpg~~\|right\|310px]]		[[File:Arthur Greiser, 1939.png\|right\|310px]]
	[[File:Arthur Greiser II.png\|right\|310px]]		[[File:Arthur Greiser II.png\|right\|310px]]
	[[File:Heinz Reinefarth and Arthur Greiser, captured in the Alpenfestung in May 1945.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reinefarth,_Heinz Heinz Reinefarth] and Arthur Greiser, captured by the [[US-Americans]] in the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Alpenfestung ''Alpenfestung''] in May 1945]]		[[File:Heinz Reinefarth and Arthur Greiser, captured in the Alpenfestung in May 1945.png\|thumb\|300px\|SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reinefarth,_Heinz Heinz Reinefarth] and Arthur Greiser, captured by the [[US-Americans]] in the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Alpenfestung ''Alpenfestung''] in May 1945]]
	[[File:SS-Obergruppenführer Arthur Karl Greiser (Thierry Tixier).~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|SS-Obergruppenführer Arthur Karl Greiser (biography from Thierry Tixier)]]		[[File:SS-Obergruppenführer Arthur Karl Greiser (Thierry Tixier).png\|thumb\|300px\|SS-Obergruppenführer Arthur Karl Greiser (biography from Thierry Tixier)]]
	Grieser was born in Schroda, [[Posen]] province, [[Prussia]], and grew up fluent in both German and Polish. He attended the ''Königlich-Humanistisches [[Gymnasium]]'' (Royal Humanistic Secondary School) in Hohensalza, [[Bromberg]] district, which he left aged 17 when he volunteered for the [[Kaiserliche Marine]] on 4 August 1914, at the beginning of the [[First World War]]. From August to October 1917, in the meantime 2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves of naval artillery or ''Leutnant der Reserve der Matrosen-Artillerie'' (since August 1917 with patent from 1916), he served with the ''I. Marine-Küstenschutz-Staffel'' (I. Marine-Schusta defending coastal areas). At first only ''Beobachter'' or flying observer, he became the unit's commander in November 1917.		Grieser was born in Schroda, [[Posen]] province, [[Prussia]], and grew up fluent in both German and Polish. He attended the ''Königlich-Humanistisches [[Gymnasium]]'' (Royal Humanistic Secondary School) in Hohensalza, [[Bromberg]] district, which he left aged 17 when he volunteered for the [[Kaiserliche Marine]] on 4 August 1914, at the beginning of the [[First World War]]. From August to October 1917, in the meantime 2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves of naval artillery or ''Leutnant der Reserve der Matrosen-Artillerie'' (since August 1917 with patent from 1916), he served with the ''I. Marine-Küstenschutz-Staffel'' (I. Marine-Schusta defending coastal areas). At first only ''Beobachter'' or flying observer, he became the unit's commander in November 1917.

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	: "''A central office for the fight against tuberculosis was established under the management of a specialist. This office gave the same treatment to German and to Polish cases. During my period in office as chief medical officer in Posen, until January 1945, no tuberculosis patients were 'liquidated' in the Wartheland as far as I know. I never received an order for such a measure, much less brought one about either directly or indirectly. On the contrary, the office always tried to give all tuberculosis patients proper treatment.''"<ref name=ar/>		: "''A central office for the fight against tuberculosis was established under the management of a specialist. This office gave the same treatment to German and to Polish cases. During my period in office as chief medical officer in Posen, until January 1945, no tuberculosis patients were 'liquidated' in the Wartheland as far as I know. I never received an order for such a measure, much less brought one about either directly or indirectly. On the contrary, the office always tried to give all tuberculosis patients proper treatment.''"<ref name=ar/>

	A related "[[Sonderbehandlung]]" claim is that Greiser, on 1 May 1942, supposedly asked Himmler for permission to "kill" 100,000 ~~Jews~~. Revisionists argue that an examination of all available archival material this word is not used and in fact this refers to deportation; and that if the politically-correct view on the Holocaust is correct, then there would have been no need to ask for permission, since supposedly there was a general extermination order to kill all ~~Jews~~.<ref name=ar>The “Extermination Camps” of “Aktion Reinhardt”—An Analysis and Refutation of Factitious “Evidence,” Deceptions and Flawed Argumentation of the "Holocaust Controversies", Chapter 5, Notes 65-66 http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?main_page=1&page_id=28</ref> Moreover, in 1942 there were not 100,000 ~~Jews~~ under Greiser's judisdiction.		A related "[[Sonderbehandlung]]" claim is that Greiser, on 1 May 1942, supposedly asked Himmler for permission to "kill" 100,000 jews. Revisionists argue that an examination of all available archival material this word is not used and in fact this refers to deportation; and that if the politically-correct view on the Holocaust is correct, then there would have been no need to ask for permission, since supposedly there was a general extermination order to kill all jews.<ref name=ar>The “Extermination Camps” of “Aktion Reinhardt”—An Analysis and Refutation of Factitious “Evidence,” Deceptions and Flawed Argumentation of the "Holocaust Controversies", Chapter 5, Notes 65-66 http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?main_page=1&page_id=28</ref> Moreover, in 1942 there were not 100,000 jews under Greiser's judisdiction.

	==Death==		==Death==

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	[[File:Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter Arthur Greiser.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Gauleiter ''Gauleiter''] and ''Reichsstatthalter'' (''Chef der Zivilverwaltung beim Militärbefehlshaber in Posen'') Arthur Greiser, [[SS-Obergruppenführer]], [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Nationalsozialistisches_Kraftfahrkorps NSKK]-Obergruppenführer, [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Nationalsozialistisches_Fliegerkorps NSFK]-Gruppenführer and Kapitänleutnant der Reserve of the [[Kriegsmarine]]]]		[[File:Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter Arthur Greiser.png\|thumb\|300px\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Gauleiter ''Gauleiter''] and ''Reichsstatthalter'' (''Chef der Zivilverwaltung beim Militärbefehlshaber in Posen'') Arthur Greiser, [[SS-Obergruppenführer]], [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Nationalsozialistisches_Kraftfahrkorps NSKK]-Obergruppenführer, [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Nationalsozialistisches_Fliegerkorps NSFK]-Gruppenführer and Kapitänleutnant der Reserve of the [[Kriegsmarine]]]]
	'''Arthur Karl Greiser''' (b. 22 January, 1897 in Schroda, [[Posen]] province - d. 14 July 1946 in [[Posen]]) was a [[Germans\|German]] officer in the [[Imperial German Navy]] and the [[Freikorps]], as well as a [[National Socialist]] politician, ''Landesjägermeister'' of [[Danzig]], officer of the SS (SS-Obergruppenführer) and of the [[Kriegsmarine]] (Kapitänleutnant der Reserve), as well as Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter (State Governor) of the ''Reichsgau Wartheland'' ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsgau_Wartheland de]) in [[World War II]], an area which included part of [[West Prussia]]<ref>During the Partitions of Poland, in 1793 West Prussia had been returned to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], and Posen province which had from ancient times been part of Poland, also fell to Prussia at the same time. In 1919 the these provinces were again taken from Prussia in the [[Plutocracy\|plutocratic]] Allies' imposed [[Treaty of Versailles]] and awarded to the new state of Poland, following [[The Great War]] (in which Poland as a sovereign country played no part). At the outbreak of the German-Polish war twenty years later, Poland was completely defeated and the area reverted to Germany. In 1945 the territory became part of the [[Soviet Union\|Soviet]] occupation zone.</ref> and part of the province of [[Posen]].		'''Arthur Karl Greiser''' (b. 22 January, 1897 in Schroda, [[Posen]] province - d. 14 July 1946 in [[Posen]]) was a [[Germans\|German]] officer in the [[Imperial German Navy]] and the [[Freikorps]], as well as a [[National Socialist]] politician, ''Landesjägermeister'' of [[Danzig]], officer of the SS (SS-Obergruppenführer) and of the [[Kriegsmarine]] (Kapitänleutnant der Reserve), as well as Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter (State Governor) of the ''Reichsgau Wartheland'' ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsgau_Wartheland de]) in [[World War II]], an area which included part of [[West Prussia]]<ref>During the Partitions of Poland, in 1793 West Prussia had been returned to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], and Posen province which had from ancient times been part of Poland, also fell to Prussia at the same time. In 1919 the these provinces were again taken from Prussia in the [[Plutocracy\|plutocratic]] Allies' imposed [[Treaty of Versailles]] and awarded to the new state of Poland, following [[The Great War]] (in which Poland as a sovereign country played no part). At the outbreak of the German-Polish war twenty years later, Poland was completely defeated and the area reverted to Germany. In 1945 the territory became part of the [[Soviet Union\|Soviet]] occupation zone.</ref> and part of the province of [[Posen]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	[[File:Arthur Greiser in der Uniform eines Landesjägermeisters im November 1937 mit seiner zweiten Gemahlin Maria Theodora Körfer.~~jpg~~\|300px\|thumb\|Senate President Arthur Greiser in the uniform of a state hunting master (''Landesjägermeister'') on 5 November 1937 with his second wife Maria Theodora, née Körfer, on the occasion of the ball of the German Reich Hunting Association ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbund_Deutsche_J%C3%A4gerschaft ''Reichsbund Deutsche Jägerschaft'']) in the zoo.]]		[[File:Arthur Greiser in der Uniform eines Landesjägermeisters im November 1937 mit seiner zweiten Gemahlin Maria Theodora Körfer.png\|300px\|thumb\|Senate President Arthur Greiser in the uniform of a state hunting master (''Landesjägermeister'') on 5 November 1937 with his second wife Maria Theodora, née Körfer, on the occasion of the ball of the German Reich Hunting Association ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbund_Deutsche_J%C3%A4gerschaft ''Reichsbund Deutsche Jägerschaft'']) in the zoo.]]
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	[[File:German Arthur Greiser in Danzig Oct 1939 Bundesarchiv.~~jpg~~\|300px\|thumb\|right\|SS-Brigadeführer Arthur Greiser at his desk, October 1939; picture: [[Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)\|Heinrich Hoffmann]]]]		[[File:German Arthur Greiser in Danzig Oct 1939 Bundesarchiv.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|SS-Brigadeführer Arthur Greiser at his desk, October 1939; picture: [[Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)\|Heinrich Hoffmann]]]]
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	[[File:Heinz Reinefarth and Arthur Greiser, captured in the Alpenfestung in May 1945.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reinefarth,_Heinz Heinz Reinefarth] and Arthur Greiser, captured by the [[US-Americans]] in the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Alpenfestung ''Alpenfestung''] in May 1945]]		[[File:Heinz Reinefarth and Arthur Greiser, captured in the Alpenfestung in May 1945.png\|thumb\|300px\|SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reinefarth,_Heinz Heinz Reinefarth] and Arthur Greiser, captured by the [[US-Americans]] in the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Alpenfestung ''Alpenfestung''] in May 1945]]
	[[File:SS-Obergruppenführer Arthur Karl Greiser (Thierry Tixier).~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|SS-Obergruppenführer Arthur Karl Greiser (biography from Thierry Tixier)]]		[[File:SS-Obergruppenführer Arthur Karl Greiser (Thierry Tixier).png\|thumb\|300px\|SS-Obergruppenführer Arthur Karl Greiser (biography from Thierry Tixier)]]
	Grieser was born in Schroda, [[Posen]] province, [[Prussia]], and grew up fluent in both German and Polish. He attended the ''Königlich-Humanistisches [[Gymnasium]]'' (Royal Humanistic Secondary School) in Hohensalza, [[Bromberg]] district, which he left aged 17 when he volunteered for the [[Kaiserliche Marine]] on 4 August 1914, at the beginning of the [[First World War]]. From August to October 1917, in the meantime 2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves of naval artillery or ''Leutnant der Reserve der Matrosen-Artillerie'' (since August 1917 with patent from 1916), he served with the ''I. Marine-Küstenschutz-Staffel'' (I. Marine-Schusta defending coastal areas). At first only ''Beobachter'' or flying observer, he became the unit's commander in November 1917.		Grieser was born in Schroda, [[Posen]] province, [[Prussia]], and grew up fluent in both German and Polish. He attended the ''Königlich-Humanistisches [[Gymnasium]]'' (Royal Humanistic Secondary School) in Hohensalza, [[Bromberg]] district, which he left aged 17 when he volunteered for the [[Kaiserliche Marine]] on 4 August 1914, at the beginning of the [[First World War]]. From August to October 1917, in the meantime 2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves of naval artillery or ''Leutnant der Reserve der Matrosen-Artillerie'' (since August 1917 with patent from 1916), he served with the ''I. Marine-Küstenschutz-Staffel'' (I. Marine-Schusta defending coastal areas). At first only ''Beobachter'' or flying observer, he became the unit's commander in November 1917.