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Orders to Richard Gluecks concerning 150,000 Jews sent from Germany to the concentration camps
Authors
Heinrich Himmler (Reichsfuehrer-SS and Chief of Police; Minister of Interior)
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi politician; leader of the German SS and main architect of the Holocaust (1900-1945)
- Born: 1900-10-07 (Munich)
- Died: 1945-05-23 (Lüneburg)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire (period: 1900-10-07 through 1918-01-01); Nazi Germany (since: 1923-01-01); Weimar Republic (period: 1915-01-01 through 1937-01-01)
- Occupation: farmer; laboratory technician; occultist; politician
- Member of political party: Bavarian People's Party (period: 1919-01-01 through 1923-01-01); National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
- Member of: Academy for German Law (since: 1933-01-01); Altreichsflagge (until: 1926-01-01); Artaman League; Bund Reichskriegsflagge
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch (date: 1923-11-09); Nazi human experimentation (role: administrator); Night of the Long Knives
- Significant person: Rudolf Brandt (role: secretary, stenographer; since: 1934-01-01)
Date: 25 January 1942
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-500
Citation: NMT 4 (page 138)
HLSL Item No.: 5478
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-500: Transcript of Cable from Himmler to SS-Brigf. Gluecks re: Taking of 150,000 German Jews to Concentration Camps
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-500: 26 Jan. 42 - Himmler to Gluecks ordering arrangements for receipt of 150.000 Jews in concentration camps. Pohl will inform of particulars of economic problems.
25 Jan 42 - Himmler to Gluecks. As no more Russian PW's are expected soon, a large number of Jews and Jewesses will be sent out of Germany. Preparations to be made in concentration camps to receive 150, 000 in the next 4 weeks. Camps to deal with major economic problems.