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Instructions to concentration camp political officers concerning reports from the camps to SS authorities, including reports on inmate releases, punishments, and deaths

NMT 4

Authors

Rudolf Franz F. Hoess (Dachau and Auschwitz commandant (1934-43); Amtsgruppe D in WVHA (1943-45))

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Rudolf Franz F. Höss

German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz

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Born: 1901-11-25 1900-11-25 (Baden-Baden)
Died: 1947-04-07 1947-04-16 (Auschwitz I concentration camp)
Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
Occupation: Beamter; military officer; politician; war criminal
Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1922-11-01)
Member of: Q2359292 (since: 1919-01-01); Schutzstaffel
Military rank: Obersturmbannführer
Military branch: Waffen-SS (since: 1934-12-01)

Arthur Liebenhenschel (Inspectorate of concentration camps, Amtsgruppe D, WVHA, SS)

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Arthur Liebehenschel

SS officer

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Born: 1901-11-25 (Poznań)
Died: 1948-01-24 (Kraków)
Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany; Nazi Germany
Occupation: concentration camp guard; military officer; tax consultant; torturer
Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-02-01)
Member of: Schutzstaffel
Participant in: Action 14f13
Military rank: Obersturmbannführer

Date: 25 March 1944

Literal Title: Directives for the Information of the Chiefs of the Political Divisions at the Conference on 25 March 1944.

Total Pages: 5

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-1553

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 69

Document Book No: Prosecution 3

Citation: NMT 4 (page 149)

HLSL Item No.: 3961

Notes:Liebehenschel initialled the document; the trial transcript identifies Hoess as the author.

Trial Issues

Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)… Administration & organization (all cases)

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NO-1553: Hoess directives for the heads of [Illegible] (of CC's)

Doc Book Tables of Contents

NO-1553: 23 Mar.44 - Hoess to heads of political department of all concentration camps concerning reports of executions, deaths etc.

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