Josef Bühler

Josef Bühler
Bühler in 1942
Born(1904-02-16)16 February 1904
Died22 August 1948(1948-08-22) (aged 44)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Criminal statusExecuted
ConvictionCrimes against humanity
TrialSupreme National Tribunal
Criminal penaltyDeath
State Secretary
General Government
In office
8 March 1940  19 January 1945
Governor GeneralHans Frank
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Deputy to the Governor General (de facto)
General Government
In office
18 May 1940  19 January 1945
Governor GeneralHans Frank
Preceded byArthur Seyss-Inquart
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
NationalityGerman
Political partyNazi Party
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
University of Kiel
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Erlangen
ProfessionLawyer
Known forWannsee Conference participant

Josef Bühler (16 February 1904 – 22 August 1948) was a German lawyer who, as the protégé of Governor General Hans Frank, rose to become his deputy as the State Secretary in the Nazi Germany-controlled General Government in Kraków during the Second World War. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the genocidal Final Solution to the Jewish Question was planned. He was convicted of crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and was executed.