Who is Odilo Globocnik from 'the Good Old Days': The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders and what is their importance?

Globocnik joined the Nazi party in 1931 while it was still prohibited in Austria. Prior to the war he was convicted of several crimes performed in the interests of the Nazi party. After the Anschluss, Globocnik became Gualiter of Vienna. He was then transferred for several offenses including financial irregularities. In 1939 he was appointed police commissioner in Lublin. In 1942 he was transferred by Himmer to 'Operation Reinhard', or the 'final solution'. He participated in the organization of the liquidation of the Warsaw and Bialystok Ghettos. In 1943 he was a police chief, and in mid-1945 he was captured by the British and subsequently killed himself. A prominent Austrian Nazi and SS leader, Globocnik is today considered one of the persons primarily responsible for the holocaust.