Amon Goeth
publication date: Monday, October 28, 2013 (part of Fall 2013)
category: 
Crime
clue: As many as twelve thousand prisoners died in his concentration camp at Plaszów, many shot by him personally from his balcony.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, and Elaine Beckland
trivia: The source photo is an action figure made in Goeth's likeness, though the resemblance is closer to Ralph Fiennes in character as Goeth in Schindler's List.
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