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| orders and to pass them on to the camp
commanders. The inspector did not have any executive authority of his own.
Moreover, at each concentration camp there was established a political
department (department VI), which received its directions straight from the
competent offices of the Reich Security Main Office. In this connection I refer
to the law on the Secret State Police of 10 February 1936, excerpts of which I
have submitted as evidence to the Tribunal. According to this law, the Secret
State Police administered the state concentration camps through the Inspector
of Concentration Camps, who was attached to the Secret State Police
Office. The Reich Leader SS, too, as chief of the German Police, issued his orders either to the Reich Security Main Office, and thus to the Secret State Police Office (office IV of the Reich Security Main Office), or to the Inspector of Concentration Camps, in exceptional cases even directly to the camp commanders themselves. All internal administrative matters, in particular problems of food supply, clothing, and lodging of the inmates, were dealt with by the inspector on his own authority. For the administrative offices of the concentration camps the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps was the highest supervising authority. To carry out these tasks of administration and supervision, the Inspector of Concentration Camps had at his disposal the Inspectorate with all the necessary technical organs, namely: a. The Central Office (later office D I) which acted as agent for communication with the competent offices of the Reich Security Main Office. The personnel office was also a part of this office. b. The Office for Medical Matters (later office D III), which supervised all health matters in the concentration camps. It received its professional instructions directly from the Reich physician SS. c. The Administration Office (later office D IV), which was in charge of all problems of food supply, clothing, and lodging. In this respect it acted independently and was only bound by the general legal administrative instructions or by the administrative orders issued for all administrative offices of the Waffen SS by the ministerial authority (Economic and Administrative Main Office). d. Up to the year 1939-40 there was a construction department in addition to these regular supervising organs, which carried out all construction measures taken by the inspector on his exclusive responsibility, including also the construction of all the concentration camps up to 1939-40. e. A further office, the Office for Labor Allocation of Inmates |
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