[Enclosure to a letter dated Munich, 29 May 1933, from Wintersberger of the County Court, Munich, to the Ministry of State for Justice concerning concentration camp Dachau.]
Document No. 3. :
The following SPECIAL REGULATIONS are decreed for the persons lodged in the collecting camp of Dachau:
A. General
Para.l.
Martial law is imposed on the collecting camp of Dachau and the following regulations come into force with immediate effect: Para.2.
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In cases of attempted flight by the prisoners, the guard or escort personnel are authorised to use their weapons without prior warning.
B. Regulations regarding Punishment
Para.3.
The following punishment may be imposed on the prisoners :
1. Cells.
2. Transfer, for disciplinary reasons, within the existing classes of prisoners.
3. Death penalty.
Cells may be mild, medium, or severe. The maximum term of the first two kinds is 8 weeks, and 3 months for the severe arrest. The execution of this kind of punishment is generally in solitary confinement. In the case of medium cells, the person undergoing punishment receives a hard bed and only bread and water for food. Severe cells takes the same form as the medium, but in a completely dark cell.
Para.4.
The prisoners must show respect and obedience to every member of the Camp Commandants staff and of the guard personnel, and must obey their orders promptly. They must obey the instructions of persons charged with security and escort duties in the same manner.
Para.5. .
Punishment by cells or transfer for disciplinary reasons will be imposed on the following:
1. Persons contravening para. 4. in any way.
2. Persons knowingly telling untruths to members of the camp
staff or the guard personnel.
3. Persons not carrying out a given order, or carrying it out
incorrectly.
4. Persons contravening hut or camp regulations.
5. Persons insulting or slandering a member of the Camp
Commandant's staff or guard personnel.
6. Persons making or attempting to make a complaint which
is based on untrue assertions or which deviates from the prescribed official channels for presenting a complaint.
7. Persons criticising camp installations, the instructions and
orders of the Camp Commandant's staff or its subordinated authorities, or participating in discussions serving this purpose.
8. Persons collecting signatures for. a joint complaint.
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Persons refusing to work.
Persons in any way being in, or seeking, contact with persons outside the camp without permission.
Persons carrying out sabotage of any kind.
Para.6.
An attempt to commit one of the punishable actions listed in Para.5. will be punished in the same way as the actual deed.
Para.7.
Punishable actions committed under aggravating circumstances are to be punished with severe cells.
An action carries heavier punishment if it was carried out while on duty, in the presence of other prisoners, or if it caused considerable harm. If an insult or slander took place by the distribution of written or spoken statements, and if it was of such a nature as to imperil the maintenance of quiet and order in the camp.
Para.8.
Punishment by death is to be imposed on the following:
1. Persons actively opposing, or attempting do oppose, a member of the Camp Commandant's Staff or of the guard personnel.
2. Persons inciting, or attempting to incite, another prisoner
to refuse obedience to a member of the Camp Commandant's staff or of the guard personnel.
3. Persons instigating, or attempting to instigate, actions listed
under Figures 1 and 2.
4. Persons participating in a joint refusal of obedience, or in
a joint active attack of a nature designated under Figure 1.
Para.9.
A person who has knowledge of a planned joint refusal of obedience or of a planned active attack against a member of the Camp Commandant's staff or of the guard personnel and reports it in such good time that the execution of the deed does not materialise, remains free of punishment provided he was not an instigator.
C. Division of the prisoners
Para.10.
The prisoners are divided into 8 classes.
Para.ll.
The prisoners must perform work in all three classes, the length and extent of which is determined by the Camp Commandant.
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Para.12.
All prisoners are allocated to Class II at first, unless any instructions to the contrary are laid down below.
Para.13.
Prisoners in Class II receive ordinary billets and suitable food. Para.14.
Prisoners in Class II who conduct themselves well and show willingness to work may be transferred to Class I. Prisoners in this class receive good billets and sufficient food. Further favourable treatment may be accorded in this class for continued good conduct; in particular, the training and capabilities of the prisoner can be taken into account in the distribution of work. Para.15.
Prisoners who conduct themselves badly are transferred to Class III. The prisoners in this class receive hard beds and warm meals as food to the extent of % of the normal food ration. Para.16.
Prisoners who have conducted themselves well during their stay in the camp, but whose previous activity demands specially sharp supervision in the interests of quiet and order in the camp, may also be transferred to Class III.
Para.17.
Prisoners of all classes who conduct themselves well but do not wish to work, may, on application, be excused from work, but receive during that time a hard bed and only % of the food ration of the class to which the prisoner belongs.
D. Jurisdiction
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The jurisdiction within the camp and regarding the prisoners is exercised solely by the Camp Commandant, except in cases of a violation under para. 8. All cases which fall under para. 8 are decided by a Camp Court which consists of the Camp Commandant, one or two officers to be nominated by the Camp Commandant, and an S.S. man belonging to the. guard personnel. The prosecution is also to be undertaken by an S.S. man belonging to the Camp Commandant's office, who is to be nominated by the Camp Commandant. In case of an even vote, the President of the Camp Court has the casting vote. The President is the current Camp Commandant. Where reference is made to the Commandant in the above, he will be represented by his deputy during his absence.
Cover note and copy of regulations at Dachau, including levels of treatment ("mild, medium, or severe"), punishments for misconduct (including execution), and the authority of the commandant
Date: 1933
Literal Title: [second page:] Document No. 3. The following Special Regulations are decreed for the persons lodged in the collecting camp of Dachau:
Total Pages: 4
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: D-922
HLSL Item No.: 451488
Notes:The cover note indicates that the regulations had been sent to the ministry of justice by Wintersberger, a prosecutor at Munich, on 29 May 1933. The regulations were also included in document PS 1216. D 922 (not necessarily this copy) was entered as UK exhibit 548.