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Letter to Buchenwald concentration camp concerning the transfer of 82 workers from Auschwitz
NMT 4
Authors
Arthur Liebenhenschel (Inspectorate of concentration camps, Amtsgruppe D, WVHA, SS)
Arthur Liebehenschel
SS officer
- Born: 1901-11-25 (Poznań)
- Died: 1948-01-24 (Kraków)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: concentration camp guard; military officer; tax consultant; torturer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-02-01)
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Action 14f13
- Military rank: Obersturmbannführer
Date: 25 November 1943
Literal Title: Subject: Transfer of prisoners from the Concentration Camp Auschwitz to the above camp [Buchenwald].
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1937
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 132
Document Book No: Prosecution 5
Citations: NMT 4 (page 213), NMT 4 (page 629)
HLSL Item No.: 4027
Notes:Liebehenschel advised that the prisoners be quarantined because Auschwitz is "endangered by contagious diseases."
Trial Issues
Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)… Forced labor in concentration camps and SS labor units (IMT, NMT 4) Forced transports and forced marches of prisoners (IMT, NMT 4)
Document Summary
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-1937: 25 November 1943 - Telegram from Auschwitz to Buchenwald regarding transfer of inmates pursuant to orders from the WVHA.
24 Nov. 43 - Telegram from Liebehentschel to C.O. Buchenwald re transfer of inmates. Dictation mark by Sommer.