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Instructions to concentration camp commandants concerning the execution of prisoners who commit sabotage
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: 11 April 1944
Literal Title: Subject: Sabotage of prisoners in armament plants.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1556
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 140
Document Book No: Prosecution 5
Citation: NMT 4 (page 215)
HLSL Item No.: 4037
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-1556: Amtsgruppe D: (SS Ostbf. [Illegible]) ordering capital punishment for prison workers, committing sabotage in [Illegible] Works
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-1556: 11 April 1944 - Maurer letter directing that prisoners guilty of acts of sabotage be hanged and that prominent announcement be made to the work gang to which the offender belongs.