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Records concerning the confiscation of land around Auschwitz for the use of the Waffen-SS

NMT 3

Authors

Casdorf (Dr., Ministry of Finance, Berlin)

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Hans Casdorf

financial director

Born: 1879-06-07 (Berlin)
Died: 1947-08-09 (Berlin)
Occupation: lawyer; politician
Employer: Reich Ministry of Finance (period: 1942-01-01 through 1945-01-01)
VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/169379271
ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/000000011831505X

Oswald Pohl (Chief of WVHA (SS Econ. and Admin. Main Office); Lt. General Waffen SS)

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Oswald Pohl

German SS functionary, head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office, convicted war criminal (1892-1951)

Born: 1892-06-30 (Duisburg)
Died: 1951-06-07 1951-06-08 (Landsberg Prison)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant); Operation Reinhard; Pohl Trial (role: defendant)
Military rank: Obergruppenführer

Pracht (Constabulary office, Berlin)

Pracht

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Bracht (provincial president, Upper Silesia)

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Fritz Bracht

German politician (1899-1945)

Born: 1899-01-18 (Lage)
Died: 1945-05-09 (Kudowa-Zdrój)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Sturmabteilung
Position held: Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/5866128

Reich Ministry of the Interior

Date: 29 November 1942

Total Pages: 24

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: PS-1643

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 371

Document Book No: Prosecution 5

Citation: NMT 3 (page 2556)

HLSL Item No.: 6333

Notes:Not every document has a specified author. The Interior and Finance Ministries were the primary agencies involved, while the Justice Ministry was kept informed.

Trial Issue

Germanization of persons, property, or occupied territories (IMT, NMT 3, 8)

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

PS-1643: Documents Concerning the Confiscation of Land in Auschwitz

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-1643: Files covering period 7 November 1942 to 16 August 1943 concerning territorial expansion for the concentration camp of Auschwitz and the creation of an autonomous local police district Auschwitz

Doc Book Tables of Contents

PS-1643: Synopsis of letter written 7 November 1942 by SS General Pohl to the Reich Minister of Finance for the enlargement of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. The letter stated in part:

File re enlargement of concentration camp at Auschwitz.

7 November 1942 - Pohl to Reich Minister of Finance re enlargement of Auschwitz.