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Instructions to concentration camp commandants to lower the death rate and increase the strength of inmate workers
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
Heinrich Mueller (Chief of Gestapo, Reich Security Main Office)
Heinrich Mueller
German police official and head of the Gestapo (1900-1945)
- Born: 1900-04-28 (Munich)
- Died: 1945-05-01 (Berlin) (sourcing circumstances: presumably)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; police officer; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel (series ordinal: 107043; since: 1934-04-20)
- Military rank: general
- Military branch: Imperial German Air Service; Reich Main Security Office
Date: 20 January 1943
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1523
Citation: NMT 4 (page 616)
HLSL Item No.: 5850
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Nancy Fenstermacher on 21 Jan 1947. Gluecks's instructions, 20 Jan 1943, included a copy of the letter from Mueller to Pohl, 31 Dec 1942, concerning efforts to send more workers to the camps.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-1523: A) [Illegible] order to CC commandants re: better care of prisoners allo-cated to armament industries. B) Letter from Chief of Sipo and SD to Pohl re: Allocation of prisoners to armament industries and increase the number of CC prisoners herein
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NO-1523: 20 Jan. 43 - Gluecks secret order to concentration camp commandants stating that they must attempt to cut down death rate of prisoners.