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Letter to Himmler requesting the use of concentration camp workers for constructing the Buna plant at Auschwitz
Authors
Hermann Goering (Reich Marshal; Commander in Chief, Luftwaffe; Commissioner for Four-Year Plan)
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
- Born: 1893-01-12 (Rosenheim)
- Died: 1945-01-01 1946-10-15 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: error in referenced source or sources; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; art collector; politician; war criminal
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1922-11-01 through 1923-11-23, 1928-04-01 through 1945-04-29)
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch; Nazi plunder; genocide; war crime
- Significant person: Alma Hedin (role: friend)
Date: 18 February 1941
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NI-1240
Citation: NMT 4 (page 590)
HLSL Item No.: 5283
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by S. Krantz on 22 Oct 1946.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NI-1240: Letter from Goering to Himmler about 'population political' measures to be take in order to establish the Buna-Werke in Auschwitz
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NI-1240: Order issued by Reichsmarshall Goering to Reichsfuehrer SS Himmler, dated 18 Feb. 1941, and marked copy Krauch. Goering order states that in order to build the buna plant at Auschwitz at the highest possible speed. necessary measures should be taken to provide labor and billeting. These measures include: (1) Expelling Jews to make way for I. G. personnel; (2) Permitting Poles who may be utilized, to remain during construction (3) Making available largest possible number of inmates from adjoining concentration camp number estimated at 8.000 to 12,000. Goering requests that he be informed immediately of any orders which Himmler and Krauch issue in the matter.