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Instructions to concentration camp commandants concerning the transfer of Russian civilians to the camps
Authors
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: 01 August 1942
Literal Title: Betreff: Ueberstellung von sowjetrussichen Zivilarbeitern in die Konzentrationslager.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: German
Evidence Code: NO-1505
Citation: NMT 4 (page 211)
HLSL Item No.: 5837
Notes:NO 1505 was prepared for use by the prosecution in NMT Case 4 but not entered as an exhibit; NO 1017, which is another version of the same text, was entered.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-1505: Letter from Gluecks retransfer of Russian civilian workers into CC's
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-1505: 1 August 1942 - Gluecks letter to camp commanders stating that reports on arrivals and transfers of prisoners need not be kept.
1 Aug. 42 - Gluecks to all Reich concentration camp comments stating that in order to economize paper and work, that neither the arrical nor transfer of Russian civilian workers is to be recorded; they will be listed by number and not by name; reports of deaths need not be sent to the RSHA or to Amtsgruppe D of the WHA.