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Description: A letter from the SS Personalhauptamt appointing Rudolf Höss as commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp. The body of the letter reads (translated to English): SS-Hauptsturmführer Rudolf Höss, SS member no. 193616, formerly Staff of the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps, is deployed as commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp with effect from November 1, 1940.
Title: HoessAppoint
Credit: SS record cabinets on file at the U.S. National Archives at College Park
Author: United States National Archives
Permission: Copies of captured SS records are public and free per the archival staff of College Park. For verifiication, write to the National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: PD
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