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Instructions to concentration camp commandants concerning the transfer of Russian civilians to the camps
NMT 4
Authors
Richard Gluecks (Inspector of concentration camps; Chief of Amtsgruppe D in WVHA, SS; SS Gruppenf.)
Richard Gluecks
German general (1889-1945); SS-Gruppenführer, head of the inspection of the concentration camps
- Born: 1889-04-22 (Mönchengladbach)
- Died: 1945-05-10 (Flensburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: politician; torturer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Military rank: Gruppenführer
- Military branch: Schutzstaffel
Date: 01 August 1942
Literal Title: Subject: Transfer of Soviet Russian civilian workers into the concentration camps.
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1505
Document Book No: Prosecution 5
Citation: NMT 4 (page 211)
HLSL Item No.: 4021
Notes:NO 1505 was prepared for use by the prosecution in NMT Case 4 but not entered as an exhibit; NO 1017, which is another version of the same text, was entered.
Trial Issues
Imprisonment in concentration camps and SS labor camps (IMT, NMT 4) Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)… Forced labor in concentration camps and SS labor units (IMT, NMT 4)
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-1505: Letter from Gluecks retransfer of Russian civilian workers into CC's
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-1505: 1 August 1942 - Gluecks letter to camp commanders stating that reports on arrivals and transfers of prisoners need not be kept.
1 Aug. 42 - Gluecks to all Reich concentration camp comments stating that in order to economize paper and work, that neither the arrical nor transfer of Russian civilian workers is to be recorded; they will be listed by number and not by name; reports of deaths need not be sent to the RSHA or to Amtsgruppe D of the WHA.