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  19. Reichsministerium der Justiz

    • למיזוג - משרד המשפטים גרמניה

  20. Wirtschaft und Verwaltungshauptamt

    • Economic and Administrative Main Office
    • SS Main Economic and Administrative Department
    • SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungs-Hauptamt
    • WVHA
    • SS-WVHA

    Founded in 1942-02-02

    The Wirtschaft und Verwaltungshauptamt was the principal economic and administrative bureau of the SS. Founded on 1942-02-02 and based in Berlin, this organization was a huge corporate enterprise with extensive power. Headed by Oswald Pohl, the WVHA not only exploited slave labor (500,000 to 600,000), but arranged for inmate transfers with German corporations. German companies had to apply for slave labor and wait for approval before inmates were transferred. Colonel Gerhard Maurer headed the DII Department, which processed German corporate requests for concentration camp labor. There were ...