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Decree ordering the use of concentration camp inmates for the removal of enemy bombs, with related operational records
Authors
Heinrich Himmler (Reichsfuehrer-SS and Chief of Police; Minister of Interior)
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)
Richard Gluecks (Inspector of concentration camps; Chief of Amtsgruppe D in WVHA, SS; SS Gruppenf.)
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: 03 November 1942
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1002
Citation: NMT 4 (page 613)
HLSL Item No.: 5604
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Paul Siebenschein on 26 Nov 1946. Himmler's decree (3 Nov) was based on an order by Hitler.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-1002: Copy of a decree by the RFSS concerning the disposal of enem and dud bombs. 3 Nov. 1942, document part. Lso, a transmittal letter from Amtsgruppe D, WVE concerning the above
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-1002: 9 Nov.42 - Gluecks to Chiefs of Amt D I, II, and III transmitting Himmler decree re bomb disposal of 3 Nov. 42, 3 Nov. 42 - Himmler decree setting out procedure for use of concentration camp prisoners in the disposal of enemy bombs and other live ammunition. 12 Aug. 44 - Gluecks to all concentration camps repeating instructions re use of inmates in bomb disposal.