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"(iraz—inover)
_ .
A:groUP...of camps with administrative head
4UartarS'at.i"APOIBURG.: •Ccmmonly referred
to ,as-PAPOtiV*BStEWECEN or "Moorlager"
(as a general term).
Whil ....a...0)4640CrOcnOWa of only five,
fourteeri.aàip were reported in . 3:943 •
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typo thiCt.
been
iaentified; .,,:-;j 0Maii . i.ifirrierai8 are official
,
Strafgef ya0r: reported in May
1943'aa haying 1000 inmates.
SA guards..
SA TruPpftthrer jOHANNIS reported there,
1940.
II., ASCHENDORFER MOOR,
%!-lager•with 1,700 inmates rwoorted i
in 1940. At the same time SA Stuf.
SAUTHOP was reported there.
The camp was last reported in May, 1943.
Guards are SA.
RUAL-RBME
SK-lager.
Last reported in November 1937 as
having SS guards.
IV. DIORPEN, *ALCHUM
2221'
Strafgefangenenlager: referred to by
inmates as WALCHUM.
The camp seems to be primarily for war
Criminals (Kriegsverbrecher or KV)
Guards
SA men from all parts of Germany who
are picked for their cruelty. They are
called "Blaue" because of their blue
uniforms.
Remarks
The work, cutting peat, is supervised
by farmers and farmhands from nearby who
are called "Kneiske" (Prom Kneis, Dutch
for Knecht - farm hand) and distinguished
by white caps.
Personalities
BUSS Oberwachtmeister
ft
ERMISCH
KLEINE-DOPKE Platzmeister
AUSSEM, Christian Commandant in 1940.
V. NEUSUSTRUM
Last. reported in Nay, 1938 as having
SS guards.
VII.. ESTERMEGEK
Known as "Moorlager"
Inmates
1936. Berufsverbrecher (habitual
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