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Instructions to concentration camp commandants concerning the confiscation of gold and other valuables belonging to Jewish inmates

Authors

Arthur Liebenhenschel (Inspectorate of concentration camps, Amtsgruppe D, WVHA, SS)

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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

Nockemann (Dr.; Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), office II-A5)

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Hans Nockemann

German jurist (1903-1941)

Born: 1903-11-16 (Aachen)
Died: 1941-12-19 (Moscow)
Country of citizenship: German Reich
Occupation: jurist
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Burschenschaft Alemannia Bonn; Schutzstaffel
VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/30504206
WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/viaf-30504206

Date: 03 April 1941

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-1235

Citations: NMT 4 (page 221), NMT 4 (page 279)

HLSL Item No.: 5719

Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Nancy Fenstermacher on 7 Jan 1947. Liebehenschel's letter (5 May) forwards the instructions from Nockemann (3 Apr 1941).

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NO-1235: (a) Cover letter for (b) from Liebehenschel to camp commandants of concentration camps. (b) Letter from Dr. Hockeman to commandant at Oranienburg re: valuables of Jewish inmates