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Letter to Herbert Greiser concerning the "special treatment" (extermination) of tubercular Poles
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)
Date: 27 June 1942
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-244
Citation: NMT 1 (page 752)
HLSL Item No.: 1492
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Ellinor Jasinski on 5 Sep 1946. The analysis dates Himmler's letter as 27 July 1942, but both typescripts of the letter give the date 27 June 1942.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-244: Letter from [Illegible] to [Illegible] re: Extermination of Tubercular Poles