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Instructions to concentration camp commandants concerning corporal punishments for prisoners

Authors

Arthur Liebenhenschel (Inspectorate of concentration camps, Amtsgruppe D, WVHA, SS)

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: 04 April 1942

Literal Title: Concerning: Corporal Punishment.

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-1524

Citation: NMT 4 (page 213)

HLSL Item No.: 5855

Notes:The instructions were based on a decree by Himmler. The document is mis-identified in the NMT Case 4 trial transcript as NO "1544."

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NO-1524: [Illegible] order to CC comman-dants re: beating of prisoners

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NO-1524: 4 April 1942 - Lebehenschel order to concentration camp commanders regarding corporal punishment of prisoners.