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The disposal squad is a_lso to provide a special fire-fighting
detachment, under. the Camp Engineer, equipped with All firefighting
weapons.
In the case of lone parachutists being encountered during an
air raid, they are to be inraediately apprehended; paratroop
attacks are to be resisted. with an weapons at the guards'
disposal.
26, Postal Regulations for Intaates
The following instructions were published by the concentration
can MAUTHAUSER/GUSEN, Oberdonati and refer to German inmates.
It may be assumed that simi l ar instructions were published by
other camps.
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Every prisoner may receive from and send. to his relatives one
letter or one postcard per, month.
Letters to prisoners must be legibly written in ink and. may
contain only 15 lines per page.
Only one sheet• of normal size notepaper may be used.
• Envelopes must contain no
Only five stamps, each to the value of 12 Pferraigs, may be
endlosed in a letter. All other enclosbres are subject to
confiscation.
Postcards may contain not over ten 'lines.
Photographs may not be used as postcards.
Sending of money is permitted; but exact surname and
christian names, date of birth ., as well as prison block and
cell must be stated.
Newspapers are permitted, but may be ordered only at the
camp post office,.
Parcels are prohibited since inmates Can purchase all their
requirements within the camp.
It is useless to address the camp authorities with any
appliCations for; release from custody.
Al]. mail not complying with the above instructions will be
destroyed..
Special postal rules are in .effect for foreign iniates. In cases
of foreign Illiftlinge, including.,PrOnchmen, Belgians, Dutchmen,
Norwegians and. Luxembourgers, marked sheets and envelopes are to
be used by these prisoners. All letters of the lifittlinge are to
be written in German and, in where the inmate does not know
German; permission to write in a f'oreign language may be given.
Nacht und Nebel iliftlinge (see para. 8) are permitted to
receive no mail whatsoever, while previous Luxembourg police
personnel are allowed to receive only once a year.
Russian civilian labourers (Ostarbeiter) are only perMitted
to write on postcards with a. form attached. on which the addressee
May reply. These cards are so worded that the addressee does
not know that the sender is ari inmate of a KL. This would make
it appear that drafted. foreign workers are being committed to KLs.
27. Effects of Deceased Inmates
The personal effects of Polish, Jewish, Gipsy and. NN liSttlinge
as well as those from the old. Russian territories are confiscated
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