On 6 August 1943 the Schutzhaftlagerführer (Protective Custody Camp Commander) SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Aumeier announced to the SS members of the garrison the Commandants order that all work will cease on Saturday, August 7, starting at 1.00 p.m., including Sunday, August 8, as recognition for the work accomplished by all SS men in recent days for the special operation (Sonderaktion). The recognition expressed in the order and the decision to have a rest break for the SS man is connected with the their active participation in the liquidation of Jews from the ghettos in Będzin and Sosnowiec (Bendin and Sosnowitz).
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:00:01 +0000