Lot 603
Notification of the Execution of "40 professional criminals" at Auschwitz. Typed document signed by an officer of the Secret State Police (the Gestapo), 1p, 11 x 8¼ in., Krakow, 22 November 1940. To the Commander of K.L.-Auschwitz. (K.L. is the abbreviation for Konzentrationslager--Concentration Camp). Initially, K.L. Auschwitz was built for Polish prisoners and the first group of political prisoners comprising 728 men was transported there from a prison in Tarnów on 14 June 1940. This document accompanied a list (not present) "of the 40 professional criminals who were shot 22.11.1940 in the K.L. Auschwitz on instruction of the R.S.H.A." The R.S.H.A., the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office), was a subordinate organization of the SS created by Himmler on 22 September 1939, through the merger of the Security Agency, the Gestapo, and the Criminal Police. It was headed by Reinhard Heydrich. Two file holes in blank left margin. Fine condition.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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