Site administration (KZ)

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The site administration was one of the five departments (Department I: Kommandantur-Staff , Department II: Political Department , Department III: Protective Custody Camp , Department IV: Location Management, Department V: Sanitary ), which in the National Socialist concentration camps and extermination / death camps different camp-related Performing tasks. After the establishment of the inspection of the concentration camps (ICL) it was subordinate to this and as "Department IV" was an obligatory part of the headquarters staff in the concentration camps. Towards the end of the 1930s, the concentration camp administration was reorganized under Oswald Pohl . Within the concentration camp the management of each was commandant assumed and "the leader of the SS-TV and KL administration" organizationally assigned at the ICL of. In addition, the administration was bound by instructions vis-à-vis the administrative office at the SS main office.

The site administration was responsible for regulating economic issues within the concentration camps . The administration leader , who was formally subordinate to the commandant, took over the management of this department . The area of ​​responsibility of the site administration included providing food, accommodation and clothing for the camp staff as well as the prisoners . Other tasks of the site administration consisted of the processing of income from prisoner assignments, the administration of the property (money, effects ) of the prisoners, as well as the facilities (laundry, workshops, kitchens) in which the prisoners were deployed.

The site administration was also partially charged with sorting, processing and forwarding the property of Jewish victims. In some cases, ordering Zyklon B for gasification also belonged to the area of ​​responsibility. The funds and valuables were registered in the site administration, the foreign currency and banknotes were deposited in accounts at the Reichsbank and the valuables were sent to the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office in Berlin.

The site administration usually consisted of five to six subsections, structured as follows, for example:

  • Registry and cash registers
  • clothing
  • Catering
  • Technical department
  • building
  • Prisoner Property Management

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