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Instructions to concentration camp commandants, WVHA staff, and police officials concerning the designation of Bergen-Belsen as a "staging camp"
Authors
Arthur Liebenhenschel (Inspectorate of concentration camps, Amtsgruppe D, WVHA, SS)
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
Date: 29 June 1943
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-1291
Citation: NMT 4 (page 159)
HLSL Item No.: 5803
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Paul Siebenschein on 22 Jan 1947.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-1291: WVHA - Decree changing the Term Civilian Internment Camp Bergen Belsen
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NO-1291: 29 June 1943 - Liebehenschel memorandum to Camp Commanders concerning of name "Civilian Internment Camp Bergen-Belsen" to "Staging Camp Bergen-Belsen" to avoid inspections by international commissions according to the Geneva Convention.