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Instructions to concentration camp commandants conveying Himmler's order that clergymen are to be assigned work
IMT
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: 21 April 1942
Literal Title: Subject: Labor mobilization of clergy.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: PS-1164
Document Book No: Prosecution Z: SS
HLSL Item No.: 451429
Notes:Polish and Lithuanian priests could be assigned to any labor; German, Dutch, Norwegian, and other clergymen were to be assigned to medicinal herb garden work. This copy of PS 1164 was not entered as evidence on the SS.
Trial Issues
Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (… Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)… Forced labor in concentration camps and SS labor units (IMT, NMT 4)
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-1164: Secret letter from SS, Economic Administrative Head Office, to Commanders of all Concentration Camps
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-1164: Secret communication of the Ss-economic-administra-tive main office, 21 April 1942, to the commanders of 13 concentration camps and the prisoner-of-war camp, Lublin: in compliance with Himmler’s order, Polish and Lithuanian clergy are to be employed on all kinds of labor, German, Dutch, and Norwegian clergymen on gardening only
Doc Book Tables of Contents
PS-1164: 21 April 42 - Circular letter from Amtsgruppe D to Commandants of Concentration camps stating that Polish and Lithuanian priests are to work fully for all kinds of work. German, Dutch and Norwegian Clergymen.