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  7. Jewish community - Dobrich

  8. Local police authorities

  13. Reichsministerium der Justiz

    • למיזוג - משרד המשפטים גרמניה

  14. 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 ...

  15. Hauptamt Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer-SS

    • Personal Staff of the Reich Leader of the SS
    • Persönlicher Stab RFSS

    The Hauptamt Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer-SS was developed from personnel surrounding the Reichsführer-SS. The Hauptamt was in charge of all administrative offices entrusted with the realization of special plans of the Reichsführer-SS.

  16. Pohl Oswald

    • Pohl, Oswald
    • Pohl, Ludwig Oswald, 1892-1951
    • Pohl, Oswald, 1892-1951

    30/06/1892

    08/06/1951

    Chief of the SS Economic and Administrative Dept (1942-) ( SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt ). Responsible for sending valuables, clothes and hair from gassed Jewish inmates to Germany

  18. Ernst Röhm

    • Ernst Roehm

    Head of the SA Staff

  20. Jewish Community Council

    • מועצת הקהילות היהודיות