R & A No. 3113.7 / Principal Nazi Organizations Involved in the ...

ioOoj long before custody over prisoners en
transferred to Hiimlerv SiPo end SD ccsanu a in agree­
ment with the OK{fi organized recoiled n l ineai-tkommandcs"
(social commandos) who war© distributed through FY cap
Thair task consisted **of the political testing of all in=>
mases of the cam:>0 the selection and further ireatatent cf
a) political,) criminal.,, or in «xny speciaj uani.er undesirable
elementsj b) any Aieividual rho can be utilized for the
reconstruction of acoupied areaso" Reporte on findings
were to bo sent tö the Ralchsaicherheitsi aupttmt (RSHA"
Reioh Security Ma.ii Office) for further instructions«
Prisoners oould than be handed ovur to tie carmandoss if
so indicated by th see instructions, From thar. on the PW
wa» at the mercy of the SS0 H^ could evtl bs executed «
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though this was not to take plE>ce in the camp or in its
immediate vicinity After Bimmler in Octcber 1944
had boon put in charge of all PW affairs, conditions ir
canps appear to ha/e deteriorated ever, further« &apla
evidence could be provided by Allied PW 9 £ released or
fr-»ed during Oeman captivity * To *hat extent SD agents
£u-2q& '"' • G*to*VD Jeoexiibor offensive 1944 *ere responsible
for the killing of Allied PW 9 s prior to their transfer
IV. Document oap-i;u~ed at Bad Svilta oontai ling "Instruct!o
for Ocmmandot: if Chief oi Sioherheite >cl Ljei and SD
stationed in S CALAGS" or l" July 1941 Tön file with
OSS (ZZ)0 avsd Labia iii Document Soot ion of X«*2 War
Room in London
2, For specific instances of IIa«i brutality in Hf hospitals
see reports by Roland,, So, PW1S (E)/s 7462^ OSS documont
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