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camps, and of food, uniforms, equipment,
billets, and camp quarters for the members of the SS. It was subdivided into
five offices or Aemter. The defendant Georg Loerner was the chief of Amtsgruppe
B, and the defendant Tschentscher was his deputy and chief of one of the
offices or Aemter within this Amtsgruppe B. The defendant Scheide was head of
Amt B V [5] within Amtsgruppe B.
Amtsgruppe C, among other things, was
charged with the construction and maintenance of houses, buildings, and
structures of the SS, the German police, and of the concentration camps and
prisoner of war camps. It was subdivided into six offices of Aemter. The
defendants Kiefer and Eirenschmalz were heads of Aemter or offices within this
Amtsgruppe C.
Amtsgruppe D, which prior to March 1942 was known as the
Inspectorate of Concentration Camps, was responsible, among other things, for
the administration of the concentration camp, and of the concentration camp
inmates. It was responsible for the food, clothing, housing, sanitation, and
medical care of the concentration camp inmates, and of the order, discipline,
and regulation of the lives of the inmates. It was charged with the supply of
the forced services and labor of the concentration camp inmates to public and
private employers throughout Germany and the occupied countries. It was
subdivided into six [four] offices of Aemter. The defendant Sommer was the
deputy chief of one of the offices or Aemter of Amtsgruppe D, responsible for
the supply of the services and labor of concentration camp inmates. The
defendant Pook was in charge of matters relating to dentistry affecting the
concentration camp inmates.
Amtsgruppe W, among other things, was
responsible for the operation and maintenance of various industrial,
manufacturing and service enterprises throughout Germany and the occupied
countries. In the operation of the enterprises under its control, this
Amtsgruppe employed many concentration camp inmates. It was subdivided into
eight offices or Aemter. The defendant Pohl was the head of Amtsgruppe W; the
defendant Georg Loerner was his deputy; and the defendants Hohberg and Baier
were his executive assistants. The defendant Volk was personal adviser on the
staff of Oswald Pohl and head of the legal section of the executive office of
Amtsgruppe W, and the defendants Mummenthey . Bobermin, and Klein were heads of
offices or Aemter within this Amtsgruppe.
The indictment then goes on
to charge that these defendants acting concertedly within the framework of WVHA
and in pursuance of a common criminal design, perpetrated, aided and abetted in
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