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Instructions to concentration camp commandants for reports on the training of inmates for work
NMT 4
Authors
Gerhard Maurer (Office 2 (inmate labor) in Amtsgruppe D, WVHA; Waffen SS-Standartenfuehrer)
Gerhard Maurer
German military personnel; SS Chief and Inspector of Nazi concentration camps
- Born: 1907-12-09 (Halle (Saale))
- Died: 1953-04-02 (Kraków)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: accountant
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Nazi human experimentation (role: administrator); Pohl Trial (date: 1947-07-03; role: affiant); extrajudicial punishment
- Significant person: Johannes Baier (date: 1944-01-01; role: colleague); Oswald Pohl (role: superior); Richard Glücks (role: colleague)
Date: 14 April 1942
Literal Title: Subject: Instruction training of prisoners
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-2180
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 97
Document Book No: Prosecution 4
Citation: NMT 4 (page 160)
HLSL Item No.: 3989
Notes:The instructions are based on orders from Himmler. Another copy was introduced as prosecution exhibit 380.
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
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-2180: 14 April 1942 - Maurer letter to Camp Commanders directing reports to the WVHA concerning vocational training of prisoners.
14 April 1942 - Maurer to commanders of all concentration camps asking for report on training of prisoners.