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Extract from a letter to head of the post office at the Natzweiler concentration camp, concerning the treatment of prisoners

NMT 1

Authors

Josef Kramer (Commandant, Natzweiler concentration camp)

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Josef Kramer

German SS officer, concentration camp commandant, and convicted war criminal (1906-1945)

Born: 1906-11-10 (Munich)
Died: 1945-12-13 (Hamelin)
Country of citizenship: Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
Occupation: Nazi concentration camp commandant (location: Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp); bookkeeper (until: 1932-01-01); concentration camp guard; military officer
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Schutzstaffel
Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant)
Significant person: Hans Hüttig (date: 1941-04-01; role: superior); Irma Grese (role: superior)

Date: 29 March 1943

Literal Title: Excerpt from: Document No. 3678-PS . . . Subject: Inmates affected by the "Keitel-decree".

Defendant: Waldemar Hoven

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: PS-3678

Exhibit Code: Hoven 18

Document Book No: Hoven 1

Defense Document No.: Hoven 15

Citation: NMT 1 (page 10005)

HLSL Item No.: 685

Notes:This is one of four documents contained in PS 3678. The Keitel decree prevented certain inmates from having correspondence with their families.

Document Summary

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PS-3678: Four Documents re treatment of inmates in concentration camps

Doc Book Tables of Contents

PS-3678: March 1943 - October 1944 - Orders and reports concerning Nacht und Nebel 103 prisoners, and corporal punishment of prisoners.