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Instructions to concentration camp commandants for delaying the release of inmates employed at important projects

NMT 4

Authors

Richard Gluecks (Inspector of concentration camps; Chief of Amtsgruppe D in WVHA, SS; SS Gruppenf.)

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Richard Gluecks

German general (1889-1945); SS-Gruppenführer, head of the inspection of the concentration camps

Born: 1889-04-22 (Mönchengladbach)
Died: 1945-05-10 (Flensburg)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: politician; torturer
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Schutzstaffel
Military rank: Gruppenführer
Military branch: Schutzstaffel

Date: 11 December 1940

Literal Title: Subject: Release of prisoners employed at important work locations

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-1971

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 312

Document Book No: Prosecution 11

Citation: NMT 4 (page 589)

HLSL Item No.: 4216

Trial Issues

Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)… Forced labor in concentration camps and SS labor units (IMT, NMT 4) Imprisonment in concentration camps and SS labor camps (IMT, NMT 4)

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NO-1971: Order by SS Obf. Gluecks re: release of prisoners doing important work

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NO-1971: 11 Dec 40 - Order by Gluecks re release of inmates doing important work. Such prisoners will not be released although release is requested by the RSHA.