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Orders to Richard Gluecks concerning 150,000 Jews sent from Germany to the concentration camps

NMT 4

Authors

Heinrich Himmler (Reichsfuehrer-SS and Chief of Police; Minister of Interior)

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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: 25 January 1942

Defendant: Oswald Pohl

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-500

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 55

Document Book No: Prosecution 3

Citation: NMT 4 (page 138)

HLSL Item No.: 3947

Notes:The inmates were to work on "major economical problems and tasks."

Trial Issues

Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)… Forced labor in concentration camps and SS labor units (IMT, NMT 4)

Document Summary

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NO-500: Transcript of Cable from Himmler to SS-Brigf. Gluecks re: Taking of 150,000 German Jews to Concentration Camps

Doc Book Tables of Contents

NO-500: 26 Jan. 42 - Himmler to Gluecks ordering arrangements for receipt of 150.000 Jews in concentration camps. Pohl will inform of particulars of economic problems.

25 Jan 42 - Himmler to Gluecks. As no more Russian PW's are expected soon, a large number of Jews and Jewesses will be sent out of Germany. Preparations to be made in concentration camps to receive 150, 000 in the next 4 weeks. Camps to deal with major economic problems.