SS Commandant Hoess - Special Order
August 12th, 1942
The gas being used at present containes
less odorous warning agent and is therefore especially dangerous.
The SS garrison doctor declines all responsibility
for any accident that should occur in the case where these directives have
not been complied with by SS members.
Signed: Hoess
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1. Note: Some readers suggest that this phrase should be translated
"on opening the gassed rooms" (Emphasis Nizkor's)
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SS Lieutenant-Colonel and Commander
[unidentified signature]
SS Captain and Adjutant
Distribution:
7 to SS-T-Stuba
7 Administration
3 Store
2 Construction Management
2 Political Section
1 9th SS-T-Stuba
1 Agriculture
1 Stables
1 Protective Detention Camp
1 Women's KL
1 Legal Officer
1 Personnel Division
1 Waffen SS House
1 each to:
SS Hosp;, HWL, DAW, Radio Station
Telegraph station
Telephone exchange
SS Canteen
Transport Section
KL Labour Office
Women's KL Labour Office
Detachment VI
External Service Station of the WI
Office
Zeppelin Special Kommando
(Pressac, Jean Claude; "Auschwitz: Technique
and Operation of the Gas Chambers; The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, NY,
1989, p. 201)