Documentation from the Chef der Sipo und SD-Umwandererzentralstelle (UWZ) Posen: Orders, guidelines, plans, analyses and correspondence regarding preparations for the deportation of Jews and Poles from the Wartheland, 1939-1940

Documentation from the Chef der Sipo und SD-Umwandererzentralstelle (UWZ) Posen: Orders, guidelines, plans, analyses and correspondence regarding preparations for the deportation of Jews and Poles from the Wartheland, 1939-1940 In the file: - A classified paper from the Höhere SS - und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) in Posen regarding the deportation of Jews and Poles from the Wartheland, including the numbers of Jews and Poles to be deported, guidelines for the selection of deportees, registration of the population within the categories of ethnic Germans, Jews and Poles, and guidelines for logistical aspects of the deportation; - An HSSPF letter regarding Erkennungsdienstliche Massnahmen (fingerprinting procedures) within the context of the deportation of Jews and Poles; - An HSSPF circular to all Landraete (district administrators) regarding Jews and Poles who voluntarily register for deportation; - An order from SS Gruppenfuehrer Heydrich regarding evacuation of the Warthegau, including the number of deportees; - Guidelines for the Zweiter Nahplan (Resettlement plan II); - Calculation of the numbers of deportees; - HSSPF directives concerning the Zwischenplan (Interim Plan), including the names of the heads of the UWZ branches in Lodz, Hohensalza (Inowroclaw), Kalisz, Leslau (Wloclawek) and Gnesen (Gniezno); - A table with the order of the transports according to the Interim Plan; - Letter from SS Oberfuehrer Barth (the head of the UWZ branch in Lodz) regarding the preparations for deportation of the Jews, including information concerning anti-Jewish measures in Lodz, such as the yellow badge and marking the front doors.