Governor of District Lublin, Government General
Lublin, 18 July 1944
Dr.Schr./Bue.
Department: Economy
To the Chief of Office [Amtschef] in the house.
Tgb. No. 5280/44 Az. 10-11-19.
Subject: Movable property of Jews.
Referring to my oral report of today based upon the secret letter of the SS- and police leader that I also received today, I present to you teletype [Fernschreiben] of the Government, De-
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partment custodian administration [Treuhandverwaltung] of 3 May 1944 for your information, with the request to return it.
Chief of the Economy Department per:
Signed : Dr. Schrodt.
Government General Cracow
Government of the Government General, Central Economics Department
Department custodian Administration [Abteilung Treuhandverwaltung] az.: 153 pi/m.
Teletype No. 15/18
1. register.
2. submit again at once S 4/5.
To the Governor of the district, Economics Department I am to be notified about developments DM.
Sub Department Custodian Administration [Treuhandverwaltung] Warsaw—Radom—Lublin—Galicia.
Subject: Transfer of personal property of Jews to the government by the SS.
For your information I am informing you that, on 21 February 1944, an agreement was reached by states secretary Dr. Buehler with the higher SS- and police leader, SS Lieutenant General Koppe, in presence of several department presidents, that the SS will place at the disposal of the government the personal property of Jews stored in camps or becoming available in the future. In executing this agreement, I caused that goods stored in various SS camps be taken over within the shortest possible time. Stock already confiscated and safeguarded was also transferred to me by the Chief of the Security Police and the SD. I request you to contact the local SS- and police leader in order to clarify this subject. The higher SS- and police leader has charged SS-Major Meier expert for special property, who is constantly in contact with my office, to carry through the transfer of this property.
By order: Pietschke, Regierungsrat vgl. 21 Dec.1944 -|—|—f-Transmitted: Finkbeiner/Schiwiora 3 May 10:15 0'cl.-|—|-Received Radom Kerner -|—-Received: Lublin: Imach-f-
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Memorandum and teletype on the agreement of the SS to transfer to the Government General the personal property of Jews in the camps
Authors
Schrodt (Dr., economy department, Lublin district, Government General (1944))
Schrodt
- Additional details not yet available.
Pietschke (economics department, Government General (1944))
Pietschke
- Additional details not yet available.
Date: 18 July 1944
Literal Title: Subject: Movable property of Jews.
Defendant: Hans Frank
Total Pages: 2
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-2819
HLSL Item No.: 452441
Notes:The agreement (made in February 1944) also covered property that would become available in the future. Another copy of PS 2819 was entered as USSR exhibit 360 during cross-examination (23 April 1946). The documents in document book Frank (1) were apparently prepared by the US prosecution staff but were not entered in the trial; see document book FF for the documents that were entered as evidence by the US in the case against Frank.
Trial Issues
Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)… Plundering of private property and occupied territories (inc. Reinhardt Ac…
Document Summary
PS-2819: Two documents pertaining to the turning over of Jewish property collected by the SS and SD to the Government of the Government General