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Instructions to concentration camp commandants concerning inspections of the camps

NMT 4

Authors

Richard Gluecks (Inspector of concentration camps; Chief of Amtsgruppe D in WVHA, SS; SS Gruppenf.)

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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

Schuerz (Office 1, Amtsgruppe D, SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (WVHA))

Schuerz

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Date: 01 August 1942

Literal Title: Subject: Inspection of the concentration-camps.

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-1506

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 93

Document Book No: Prosecution 4

Citation: NMT 4 (page 158)

HLSL Item No.: 3985

Notes:Schuerz's name may be a typographical error (see trial transcript p. 158), or he may have signed on behalf of Gluecks. The letterhead indicates Gluecks was the author.

Trial Issue

Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)…

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NO-1506: Letter by SS [Illegible] Gluecks on visits of the CC's

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NO-1506: 1 August 1942 - Gluecks letter to Camp Commanders stating that inspections of concentration camps can only take place with his authorization.