Humanities II/History II
Mrs. Lamanteer
13 February 2015
Amon Goeth Amon Goeth was born in Vienna, Austria on December 11, 1908. He had a career as an author, since his family was involved and acclaimed in the book world. However, Goeth’s path changed when he joined a Nazi youth group at the age of 17. When Goeth was 22 in 1930, he joined the Austrian Nazi Party. That same year, he became affiliated with the Security Police, the Schutzstaffel (SS). Goeth also encountered two marriages. The first ended shortly with a divorce. Goeth married again. Seven months after his first child had been born, the baby died. Later, two more children had been born into the Goeth family. The reason why the authorities put Goeth in the SS is