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Instructions to concentration camp commandants to report on the condition of prisoners sent to the camps 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: 03 January 1944
Literal Title: Subject: New intakes of workers
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1547
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 108
Document Book No: Prosecution 4
Citation: NMT 4 (page 163)
HLSL Item No.: 4000
Notes:The author and full date are taken from the staff evidence analysis form for NO 1547. The prosecution presented NO 1547 on 9 Apr 1947 but did not offer it as evidence at that point.
Trial Issues
Forced labor in concentration camps and SS labor units (IMT, NMT 4) Forced transports and forced marches of prisoners (IMT, NMT 4) Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)…
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-1547: Maurer order to CC commandants re: physical condition of prisoners on arrival at CC's
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-1547: 3 January 1944 - Maurer letter to Camp Commanders requesting report on condition of prisoners on admittance to camps, stating that many of them are unfit for work.