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Instructions to concentration camp commandants concerning the labor assignments for clergymen
NMT 4
Authors
Arthur Liebenhenschel (Inspectorate of concentration camps, Amtsgruppe D, WVHA, SS)
Arthur Liebehenschel
SS officer
- Born: 1901-11-25 (Poznań)
- Died: 1948-01-24 (Kraków)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: concentration camp guard; military officer; tax consultant; torturer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-02-01)
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Action 14f13
- Military rank: Obersturmbannführer
Date: 21 April 1942
Literal Title: Subject: Labor assignment of clergymen.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1284
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 114
Document Book No: Prosecution 4
Citation: NMT 4 (page 169)
HLSL Item No.: 4006
Notes:The instructions were based on orders from Himmler. Polish and Lithuanian priests could be assigned to "any labor," while German, Dutch, or Norwegian clergymen were assigned to garden work.