The August Frank memorandum of 26 September 1942 was a directive from SS Lieutenant General () August Frank of the SS concentration camp administration department (SS-WVHA). The memorandum provides a measure of the detailed planning that Frank and other

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put into the carrying out of the

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. It includes instructions as to the disposition of postage stamp collections and underwear of the murdered Jews. It is clear that the Nazis were intent in removing everything of value from their victims. The memorandum contains an instruction that the yellow stars that the Nazis forced Jews to wear on their clothing were to be removed before the clothing was redistributed to

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whom the Nazis were resettling into

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. This memorandum, when it came to light after the war, played a key role in refuting Frank's claims that he had no knowledge that Jews were being murdered ''en masse'' in the extermination camps of

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Text of the memorandum

The top secret memorandum, printed in multiple copies, was sent to the Chief of the SS Garrison Administration Lublin, and to the Chief of Administration Concentration Camp

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among others. English translation, provided by the

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during the Trials of War Criminals:

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