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Reports regarding the tapping and listening on the telephone conversations of the Ghettoverwaltung (German administration) of the Lodz Ghetto, which were connected to the Forschungsstelle A intelligence department, 1939-1945 The item contains two volumes; Volume A: List of names of the officials in the Ghettoverwaltung (German administration) of the Lodz Ghetto and in the Judenrat (page 2); Reported are eavesdropping from the conversations of the following persons or regarding the following subjects: Chairman of the Judenrat, Rumkowski (pp. 3, 19, 29, 63), 13/04-30/06/1944; Deportation of Jews...

File Number : 13

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Letter by the director of the Research Centre in Auschwitz regarding the use of the previously Jewish-owned tannery in Oświęcim for collection and shipment of human hair, 2018

The letter by the director of the Research Centre in Auschwitz Piotr Setkiewicz is the response to the question by Susan Zalcman from the UK regaridng the fate of the tannery in Oświęcim, previously owned by her grandfather. The tannery was turned into a workshop for collection and shipment of hair cut from the murdered prisoners. The workshop was operated by prisoners. After the liberation 7,000 kg of human hair was discovered at the tannery.

File Number : 1615

Language : English