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Memorandum concerning the arrest of French Jews and their transfer to concentration camps

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Helmut Knochen (Dr., Police Colonel, Paris; SS Standartenfuehrer)

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Helmut Knochen

SS officer

Born: 1910-03-14 (Magdeburg)
Died: 2003-04-04 (Offenbach am Main)
Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany; West Germany
Occupation: philologist
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
Military rank: Standartenführer
Military branch: Schutzstaffel

Date: 14 April 1944

Literal Title: Memorandum concerning the increase of the number of Jews to be arrested within the province of the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei (Officer in Charge, Security Police) in France.

Total Pages: 7

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-1411

Citation: NMT 4 (page 163)

HLSL Item No.: 5818

Notes:The second page is a document copy form in the war crimes staff office.

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NO-1411: Copy of a memo by Stf. and Col. o the Police Dr. Knochen on wholesale arrest of Jews in France

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NO-1411: 14 April 1944 - Copy of memorandum by Staf. and Col. of the Police Dr. Knocken concerning the wholesale arrest of Jews in France to be taken to the Drancy concentration camp and later evacuated eastward.

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Memorandum concerning the arrest of French Jews and their transfer to concentration camps

Authors

Helmut Knochen

SS officer

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