Order from the security police commandant (Radom District) to transfer inmates from prisons to concentration camps, and to liquidate prisoners and Jews, if evacuation becomes impossible, to prevent their liberation by enemy forces

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Commandant of the Sipo and SD for the Radom District Branch Office Tomaschow.
Received 24,7.1944 1225
Dept. IVL Diary No. 22/44 Radom 21.7.44
Commandant of the Sipo and SD for the Radom District.
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To: The Branch Office for the attention of SS-Hauptsturmfueh-rer Thiel—or acting deputy—in Tomaschow.
Subject: Clearance of Prisons.
Reference: None.
The Commander of the Sipo and SD in the General Government issued the following order in his teletype message No. 14002 dated 20.7.44, IV 6 No. 82/44 Top Secret:
I again stress the fact that the number of inmates of the Sipo and SD prisons must be kept as low as possible. In the present situation, particularly those suspects, handed over by the Civil Police [Ordnungspolizei] need only be subjected to a short, formal interrogation, provided there are no serious grounds for suspicion. They are then to be sent by the quickest route to a con-
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centration camp, should no court-martial proceedings be necessary or should there be no question of discharge. Please keep the number of discharges very low. Should the situation at the front necessitate it, early preparations are to be made for the total clearance of prisons. Should the situation develop suddenly in such a way that it is impossible to evacuate the prisoners, the prison inmates are to be liquidated and their bodies disposed of as far as possible (burning, blowing up the building, ete.)^If necessary, Jews still employed in the armament industry or on other work are to be dealt with in the same way.
The liberation of prisoners or Jews by the enemy, be it the WB or the Red Army, must be avoided under all circumstances nor may they fall into their hands alive.
The above is to be noted and strictly complied with.
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The Commandant of the Sipo and SD for the Radom District
Branch Office Tomaschow IV L 22/44 Top Secret.
[in writing] Tomaschow 25.7.44 Top Secret
SS-Obersturmfuehrer Pruess personally within the office for his information.
By order:
[signature illegible] Information received 25/7 [signed] Preuss [in writing]
Tomaschow 25.7.44
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The Commandant Sipo and SD in the Radom District IV L 22/44 Top Secret.
The
1. Direction of depts. Ill, V and the technical direction of IV 1, IV 2, IV 3, and IV 6 have been informed.
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[Signed] R.
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Saarlandstr. 96 Berlin S.W.ll 26 November 1942
The Commissioner for the Four Year Plan.
The Plenipotentiary General for Manpower.
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Va 5451/7468/42 g Express letter-To the Presidents of the "Landes" Employment Offices (Employment Office Brandenburg excepted)
Subject: Employment of Jews; here: Exchange of Jews in essential employment against Polish labor.
In agreement with the Chief of the Security Police and the SD, Jews who are still in employment are, from now on, to be evacuated from the territory of the Reich and are to be replaced by Poles, who are being deported from the General Government.
The Chief of the Security Police advises under the date of 26 October 1942 that it is anticipated that during the month of November the evacuation of Poles in the Lublin district will begin, in order to make room there for the settlement of persons of German race [Volksdeutsche].
The Poles who are to be evacuated as a result of this measure will be put into concentration camps and put to work where they are criminal or as social elements. The remaining Poles where they are suitable for labor, will be transported, without family, into the Reich, particularly to Berlin ; there they will be put at the disposal of the labor allocation offices to work in armament factories instead of the Jews who are to be replaced.
The Jews who will become available as a result of the employment of Polish labor will be deported on a shuttle system. This will apply first to Jews engaged in menial work since they can be exchanged most easily. The remaining so-called "qualified" Jewish laborers will be left to the industries until their Polish replacements have been made sufficiently familiar with the work processes by a period of apprenticeship to be determined for each case individually. Loss of production in individual industries will thus be reduced to the absolute minimum.
I reserve the right to issue further instructions. Please inform the labor offices concerned accordingly.
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To the President of the "Landes" Labor Office Brandenburg, Berlin W.62
I transmit the foregoing copy for your information. So far as the removal of Jews (still) in employment concerns your area [Bezirk] too, I request that you take the necessary measures in cooperation with the competent offices of the Chief of the Security Police and of the SD.
[Signed]: Fritz Sauckel
The Regierungs President Economics Admin Staff for War Economics Area XII [Wehrwirtschaftsbezirk XII].
Wilhelmstr. 48 Wiesbaden 12 Dec. 1942
III/ll-B.E. 10. 23/3205/42 g Tel. 5948
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to the Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Manual Workers' Guilds [Handwerkskammern] in War Economics Area XII.
—address to individuals or acting deputy—
for your information:
By order:
. [Signed]: Dr. Schneider
Certified:
Hellbach
[Stamp] Employee
The Regierungspraesident Landes Office of Economics Coblenz 16 Dec. 1942
Diary No. 2627 Clerk [Stamp]
The Regierungspraesident Wiesbaden
Economics Admin Staff for War Economics Area XII
For information:
a. Chambers of Economics.
b. "Landes" Master Mechanics.
c. "Landes" Economic Offices Koblenz and Saarbruecken for . War Economics Area XII
—address to individuals or acting deputy.
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