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In 1932 , he joined the Nazi party and in 1934 , the SS , where he served in the '' Totenkopfverbände ''. Liebehenschel then held a series of ranks in the administration of Concentration Camp s. These ranks included serving as an adjutant in the Columbia Haus and Lichtenburg camps, Inspectorate of Concentration Camps and as a senior director in the SS Economics Department.

On November 10 , 1943 , Liebehenschel was appointed commandant of Auschwitz Extermination Camp and on May 19 , 1944 , the commandant of Majdanek extermination camp. When the camp was evacuated with the tide of the war turning against Nazi Germany , he was given a senior post in the SS Manpower Office.

After the war, Liebehenschel was arrested by the American Army and was extradited to Poland . He was put on trial in Kraków and was executed on January 24 , 1948 .