KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps (141 page)

Read KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps Online

Authors: Nikolaus Wachsmann

BOOK: KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps

6.86Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

92
. Action 14f13 claimed the lives of at least 269 prisoners from Sachsenhausen; 575 from Auschwitz; 571 from Buchenwald; 295 from Neuengamme; around 1,000 from Ravensbrück (estimate; Mennecke is known to have
examined c. 1,150 prisoners in November 1941 and January 1942). For these figures, see Ley, “‘Aktion,’” 235–36, 239–40. In addition, Action 14f13 claimed 127 prisoners from Gross-Rosen (HLSL, LK Gross-Rosen to WVHA, March 26, 1942, ND: 1151–N-PS) and 209 prisoners from Flossenbürg (NAL, HW 16/18, KL Flossenbürg to IKL, May 12, 1942). Action 14f13 also claimed 2,013 men from Dachau, in two waves of
transports to Hartheim (1,452 men between January 15 and March 3, 1942, and 561 men between May 4 and June 11, 1942; ITS, KL Dachau GCC 3/92 II E, Ordner 152, Invaliden-Transporte KL Dachau, May 18, 1945). It has been argued that this second wave of transports from Dachau was not really part of Action 14f13, including instead prisoners selected autonomously by Dachau SS doctors (Ley, “‘Aktion,’”
238). This seems unlikely, since the transports fall into the period of the main Action 14f13, and since a second round of T-4 selections had been scheduled for Dachau in this period (StANü, IKL to LK, December 10, 1941, ND: 1151–C-PS). Furthermore, Action 14f13 claimed c. 1,380 prisoners from Mauthausen, deported to Hartheim in three waves in August 1941, December 1941, and January–February 1942
(Mar
š
álek,
Mauthausen
, 222–23, 225, 227). Given the overall course of Action 14f13 and the fact that a return to Mauthausen by the T-4 commission was imminent toward the end of 1941 (StANü, IKL to LK, December 10, 1941, ND: 1151–C-PS), the deportations to Hartheim in late 1941/early 1942 must have formed part of Action 14f13 rather than marking an independent initiative by the local Camp SS (cf.
Ley, “‘Aktion 14f13,’” 237).
The real number of victims was higher still, since the number of murdered Niederhagen prisoners is unknown (
OdT
, vol. 7, 23). Also, further T-4 selections may have been carried out in late 1941 or early 1942 in Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen (StANü, IKL to LK, December 10, 1941, ND: 1151–C-PS).

Other books

Whiskers of the Lion by P. L. Gaus

Brain That Wouldn't Obey! by Tony Abbott

What's Cooking by Gail Sattler

Firstborn by Tor Seidler

Darkover: First Contact by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Return of the Titans by James Thompson

Warlord's Revenge by Zac Harrison

Fallen William by Tiffany Aaron

Water Lily by Terri Farley

Pull (Deep Darkness Book 1) by Stephen Landry