Headquarters of the Reichs Security Service II C 3 Nr 5028/43-273-2 (General)
Berlin 26 July 1943
To the higher SS and Police Chiefs
the commanders of the security police and the security service
the inspectors of the security police and the security, service
the deputy of the chiefs of the secret police and the security service within the territory of the military commander in Belgium and northern France in Brussels the chiefs of the Einsatzgruppe B and D For the information of:
the state police headquarters
the commandants of the security police and the security service
Reich's security main office—office IV
[seal]
State Police Hq Duesseldorf 16 Aug 1943
Subject: Organization of labor reformatory camps
The Reichsfuehrer SS has given his consent that besides concentration camps, which come under the jurisdiction of the SS economical administration main office, further labor reformatory camps may be created for which the security police alone is competent. These labor reformatory camps are dependent on the authorization of the Reichs security main office, which can only be granted in case of emergency (great number of foreign workers, etc.).
At the same time, the Reichsfuehrer SS has forbidden that prison camps of all sorts (among others, enlarged police prisons, labor reformatory camps, transient camps) be placed under the immediate jurisdiction of the higher SS and police chiefs or the commanders and inspectors of the security police and of the security service. He has ordered that those camps come for administration and command under the jurisdiction of the state police headquarters, commandants of the security police and the security service or the immigration and transient agencies. Thus the general supervision of the superior offices remains undisturbed by this affiliation. .
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I063-B-PS
I063-B-PS
The decrees of 28.5.1941 and 12.12.1941 concerning the organization of labor reformatory camps remain also in effect. For the General Government and the occupied territories, reference is made to the decree from 29.3.1943 II c 3 Nr. 5028/43273-2. [seal of the Reichsleiter]
SS and chief /s/ Dr KALTENBRUNNER
of the German police Certified correct
in the Reichministry /s/ Riemer
of the Interior
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 1063-B-PS
Date: Date Unknown
Total Pages: 1
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: PS-1063-B
HLSL Item No.: Unknown