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Letter to concentration camp commandants concerning the transfer of Jews from German camps to Auschwitz and Lublin.
NMT 1
Authors
Gerhard Maurer (Office 2 (inmate labor) in Amtsgruppe D, WVHA; Waffen SS-Standartenfuehrer)
Gerhard Maurer
German military personnel; SS Chief and Inspector of Nazi concentration camps
- Born: 1907-12-09 (Halle (Saale))
- Died: 1953-04-02 (Kraków)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: accountant
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Nazi human experimentation (role: administrator); Pohl Trial (date: 1947-07-03; role: affiant); extrajudicial punishment
- Significant person: Johannes Baier (date: 1944-01-01; role: colleague); Oswald Pohl (role: superior); Richard Glücks (role: colleague)
SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (WVHA, 1942-45) (or predecessor office)
Date: 05 October 1942
Literal Title: Re: Jewish prisoners
Defendant: Waldemar Hoven
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: PS-3677
Exhibit Code: Hoven 6
Document Book No: Hoven 1
Defense Document No.: Hoven 7
Citation: NMT 1 (page 9842)
HLSL Item No.: 677
Notes:At the end, a note by "Volkmar," 7 Oct 1942, reports 32 Jews at Natzweiler.
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PS-3677: 5 October 1942 - Copy of letter from WVHA to Concentration Camp Natzweiler stating that all Reichs Concentration Camps are to be freed from Jews, who are to be transferred to Auschwitz or Lublin; the number of Jews transferred to be reported, with notations on those who cannot be transferred because of their work.