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Orders to Friedrich Krueger for the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto

NMT 4

Authors

Heinrich Himmler (Reichsfuehrer-SS and Chief of Police; Minister of Interior)

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Heinrich Himmler

German Nazi politician; leader of the German SS and main architect of the Holocaust (1900-1945)

Born: 1900-10-07 (Munich)
Died: 1945-05-23 (Lüneburg)
Country of citizenship: German Empire (period: 1900-10-07 through 1918-01-01); Nazi Germany (since: 1923-01-01); Weimar Republic (period: 1915-01-01 through 1937-01-01)
Occupation: farmer; laboratory technician; occultist; politician
Member of political party: Bavarian People's Party (period: 1919-01-01 through 1923-01-01); National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
Member of: Academy for German Law (since: 1933-01-01); Altreichsflagge (until: 1926-01-01); Artaman League; Bund Reichskriegsflagge
Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch (date: 1923-11-09); Nazi human experimentation (role: administrator); Night of the Long Knives
Significant person: Rudolf Brandt (role: secretary, stenographer; since: 1934-01-01)

Date: 16 February 1943

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-2494

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 501

Document Book No: Prosecution 20

Citation: NMT 4 (page 1078)

HLSL Item No.: 4430

Trial Issue

Warsaw ghetto (IMT, NMT 4)

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NO-2494: Copy of an order classified [Illegible] signed by [Illegible]

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NO-2494: 16 February 1943 - Himmler to Krueger ordering the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto subsequent to the removal of the Concentration Camp. Security reasons are given for this action. Note indicates Chief "P" has received a copy.