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Letter to the commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp (Hermann Pister) concerning the poor condition of workers sent from Buchenwald to Auschwitz
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: 07 December 1942
Literal Title: Subject: Transfer of Prisoners (unskilled building workers) to Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1935
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 129
Document Book No: Prosecution 5
Citation: NMT 4 (page 212)
HLSL Item No.: 4024
Notes:For a response, see document NO 2100.
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
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-1935: Transfer of CC inmates to CC-Auschwitz (SS-WVA-DII Order)
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-1935: 7 December 1942 - Maurer letter to Camp Commander at Buchenwald, stating that in a transport of 150 prisoners from Buchenwald to Auschwitz about one-third were unable to work upon arrival, including 18 prisoners who had died on the way.