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Letter to chiefs of the economic offices of the W.V.H.A., with a letter from Himmler to Pohl concerning the W.V.H.A.'s military production

Authors

Heinrich Himmler (Reichsfuehrer-SS and Chief of Police; Minister of Interior)

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Heinrich Himmler

German Nazi politician; leader of the German SS and main architect of the Holocaust (1900-1945)

Born: 1900-10-07 (Munich)
Died: 1945-05-23 (Lüneburg)
Country of citizenship: German Empire (period: 1900-10-07 through 1918-01-01); Nazi Germany (since: 1923-01-01); Weimar Republic (period: 1915-01-01 through 1937-01-01)
Occupation: farmer; laboratory technician; occultist; politician
Member of political party: Bavarian People's Party (period: 1919-01-01 through 1923-01-01); National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
Member of: Academy for German Law (since: 1933-01-01); Altreichsflagge (until: 1926-01-01); Artaman League; Bund Reichskriegsflagge
Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch (date: 1923-11-09); Nazi human experimentation (role: administrator); Night of the Long Knives
Significant person: Rudolf Brandt (role: secretary, stenographer; since: 1934-01-01)

Oswald Pohl (Chief of WVHA (SS Econ. and Admin. Main Office); Lt. General Waffen SS)

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Oswald Pohl

German SS functionary, head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office, convicted war criminal (1892-1951)

Born: 1892-06-30 (Duisburg)
Died: 1951-06-07 1951-06-08 (Landsberg Prison)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant); Operation Reinhard; Pohl Trial (role: defendant)
Military rank: Obergruppenführer

Date: 16 October 1944

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-1213

Citation: NMT 4 (page 993)

HLSL Item No.: 5694

Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Manfred Wolfson on 20 Dec 1946. Items: Pohl to chiefs, 21 Oct; Himmler to Pohl, 16 Oct 1944 (replying to a report from Pohl).

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NO-1213: Pohl circular to all W Chiefs re: accomplishments in armament work