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Five Accused Polish Saboteurs Are Ordered to Plaszow

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Five Accused Polish Saboteurs Are Ordered to Plaszow
<Our item number 140251><B>Five Accused Polish Saboteurs Are Ordered to Plaszow Concentration Camp.</B> Typed document initialed by an official, 1p, 12 x 8¼ in &#40;Plaszow&#41;, Poland, 2 Aug. 1944. Headed in German and Polish: &#34;Polish Police Station.&#34; Text in Polish. Five people are listed, each accused of sabotage and ordered to be sent to the Plaszow Concentration Camp on 3 August 1944: Albert Zóbe, Jozef Openchinski, Jan Stanoraski, Eva Rospondek, and Jacek Kasperek. The SS-WVHA is mentioned at the end of the list. Oswald Pohl, general of the Waffen-SS and head of the SS-WVHA &#40;the main bureau for economic administration&#41;, was in charge of the organization of the concentration camps. Two file holes in blank left margin, lightly creased, else in fine condition.<BR><BR>The camp at Plaszow was opened in December 1942. As the Russian forces advanced in late 1944, the Germans began the evacuation of the slave labor camps in their path. From the camp at Plaszow, many were sent to A uschwitz. Oskar Schindler saved 1200 Jews &#40;Schindlerjuden&#41; from Plasnow by claiming that he needed them to work at his enamelware factory in Krakow. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;600 - 800. <BR><BR>Our item number 140251<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140251.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>