Auschwitz-Monowitz SS Status Report 1944

SS AUSCHWITZ MONTHLY STATUS REPORT

AN EXTREMELY RARE 1 NOVEMBER 1944 MONTHLY
STATUS REPORT FROM SS-ARBEITSKOMMANDO
MONOWITZ / AUSCHWITZ

SS Arbeitskommando Report for subcamp Monowitz

When Konzentrationslager Auschwitz (KLA or Auschwitz Concentration Camp) was conceived in 1940, it was designed as a prison in which Buna synthetic rubber would be manufactured by the prisoners as an industry managed by IG Farben. As it was built it had many sub-camps, among them Auschwitz-Birkenau (or Auschwitz II, established in November 1941) and Auschwitz-Monowitz (or Auschwitz III, established in May 1942). Each month, each concentration camp had to submit a comprehensive status report to the Reichsführer-SS in Berlin, and those reports were based on reports received from sub-camps at the mother camps.

It is known that British intelligence units intercepted and translated concentration camp status reports during World War II and were therefore entirely aware of the activities within the camps, the demographics of the prisoners, those who escaped and even those who died or were executed. Unfortunately for those of us interested in history, all access to the British information will be denied until at least the year 2050.

The incredibly rare document we offer here is the monthly report from the SS Arbeitskommando at subcamp Monowitz dated 1 November 1944. It was prepared by SS-Hauptscharführer and Arbeitskommandoführer Kepplinger on a SS typewriter with SS rune key and sent to the Administration of the mother camp, Concentration Camp Auschwitz. There is a receiving stamp in the top center of the first page showing that it was received at Konz.-Lager Auschwitz on 2 November 1944, the day after it was written.

The double-sided A4 size report (8-1/4 x 11-5/8 inch) provides an incredible amount of detail about every aspect of the Arbeitskommando at nearby Monowitz. It tells the number of prisoners and lists them as Jew, Pole, Asocial, etc. and by their prisoner number. It explains precisely what sort of work they were doing (painting, hand work, office work, etc.) and the precise number and rank of the SS staff at subcamp Monowitz. The health of the prisoners is reported as good, and two prisoners, numbers 8989 and 8998, attempted to escape but was recaptured.

Even the hours of work o f the prisoners at Monowitz is entered for the record. Until the 15th of October they worked from 06:45 to noon and from 13:00 to 17:30. After the 15th of October, they worked from 07:00 to noon and from 13:00 to 17:30. Especially interesting is the Prämienscheine or bonus money paid out to the prisoners. While seemingly small by today’s standards, the 134.50 Reichsmarks ($53.80) was a considerable sum at the time.

We have never seen another example of a “Concentration Camp Monthly Report” in public anywhere. Any example must be considered extremely rare.

SS-Hauptscharführer and Arbeitskommandoführer Kepplinger

This one is absolutely original, in excellent condition and bears the stamps of SS Arbeitskommando Monowitz, Konzentrationslager Auschwitz and the SS-Hauptscharführer who prepared it. His signature is in blue pencil.

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