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Document 70
[PMO file BW 30/34, page 14 and Volume 11 of the Hoess Trial, annex 7] 
Document 70 

 
Translation: 
 
6th November 1943 
 
39533/43/Kam/J 
 
Subject:  Delivery of plant material for the establishment of a ring of greenery for Krematorien I [II] and II [III] in the POW camp  
Reference:  Conversation between Camp Commandant SS Lieutenant Colonel Hoess and SS Major Bischoff 
Enclosure:  
 
Head of the Agricultural Service
SS Major (Specialist) Caesar
KL Auschwitz, Upper Silesia

By order of Camp Commandant SS Lieutenant Colonel Hoess, Krematorien I [II] and II [III] in the POW camp are to be provided with a ring of greenery to constitute a natural separation from the rest of the camp.

To implement this measure, the following plaint material is necessary, to be taken from forestry stocks: 
 
200   deciduous trees 3 5 m high
100   deciduous trees 1 ½ - 4 m high 
300   spruce and pine trees 1 ½ 4 m high 
and                1000  assorted bushes 1 2 ½ m high 
 
from the nurseries. 
 
You are requested to make these plants available to us. 
 
Head of the Auschwitz Waffen SS and Police
Central Construction management
[initialed] Jothann
SS Lieutenant (Specialist) 
 
Distribution:
1 SS Second Lieutenant (S) Dejaco
1 SS Major Bischoff 1 Registration
1 SS Sergeant Kamann  
 
AUSCHWITZ:
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