Team MII 439-G: Difference between revisions
MII 439-G binder: separate F-84 p1/p2 + equipment turn-in Jul–Aug 1945 |
Buchenwald annex (G-2 PR 248 Annex 2), 14 Apr 1945 — Malsh / MII 439-G |
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A separate Supply Office slip from 1st Lt '''Paul A. Brauth''' (CAC), Supply Officer, Hq MIS Forward, restates the same policy to MII Team 439-G ([[:File:MII439G_supply_office_tally_in_Brauth_reply.jpg|Brauth reply]]). | A separate Supply Office slip from 1st Lt '''Paul A. Brauth''' (CAC), Supply Officer, Hq MIS Forward, restates the same policy to MII Team 439-G ([[:File:MII439G_supply_office_tally_in_Brauth_reply.jpg|Brauth reply]]). | ||
== Buchenwald annex (14 April 1945) == | |||
On '''14 April 1945''', Headquarters XX Corps issued '''Annex No. 2 to G-2 Periodic Report No. 248''', titled “Concentration Camp Buchenwald,” prepared by '''MII Team 439-G''' and signed by OIC 1st Lt [[Malsh, William R. (01596715)|William R. Malsh]] ([[:File:MII439G_Buchenwald_Annex2_G2_PR248_1945-04-14_p1.jpg|p.1]] · [[:File:MII439G_Buchenwald_Annex2_G2_PR248_1945-04-14_p2.jpg|p.2]] · [[:File:MII439G_Buchenwald_Annex2_G2_PR248_1945-04-14_p3.jpg|p.3]]). | |||
The SECRET three-page annex summarizes prisoner-committee information on Buchenwald (near Weimar): camp origins (July 1937), successive waves of Jewish, Austrian, Czech, Polish, Dutch, and Soviet prisoners, named SS and medical perpetrators, transfers to other killing sites (including Auschwitz, Gusen/Mauthausen, Bernburg, Sonnenstein), evacuation figures in early April 1945, remaining prisoner detachments at unoccupied war plants, doctor-record death totals ('''32,705''' excluding certain mass executions), January–April 1945 monthly death figures, burned SS records, a prisoner memorial for President Roosevelt (news of 12 April), and a screening warning about possible Nazi agents among inmates. | |||
The same G-2 periodic-report package includes '''Annex No. 1''' (units in contact / tactical notes for 14 April 1945), signed for G-2 by '''Curtis''' ([[:File:XX_Corps_G2_Periodic_Report_248_Annex1_1945-04-14.jpg|Annex 1 scan]]) — the same Col. James O. Curtis, Jr., AC of S, G-2, XX Corps, who endorsed the team’s April commendation chain. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
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MII439G_equipment_turnin_request_Malsh_1945-07-25.jpg|Equipment turn-in request 25 Jul 1945 + MIS 1st Ind 7 Aug 1945 (Malsh / Baier). | MII439G_equipment_turnin_request_Malsh_1945-07-25.jpg|Equipment turn-in request 25 Jul 1945 + MIS 1st Ind 7 Aug 1945 (Malsh / Baier). | ||
MII439G_supply_office_tally_in_Brauth_reply.jpg|MIS Forward Supply Office (Brauth) — Tally In clearing reply. | MII439G_supply_office_tally_in_Brauth_reply.jpg|MIS Forward Supply Office (Brauth) — Tally In clearing reply. | ||
XX_Corps_G2_Periodic_Report_248_Annex1_1945-04-14.jpg|XX Corps G-2 Periodic Report No. 248, Annex 1 — 14 Apr 1945 (Curtis). | |||
MII439G_Buchenwald_Annex2_G2_PR248_1945-04-14_p1.jpg|Annex 2 — Concentration Camp Buchenwald, p.1 (MII Team 439-G, 14 Apr 1945). | |||
MII439G_Buchenwald_Annex2_G2_PR248_1945-04-14_p2.jpg|Annex 2 — Buchenwald, p.2. | |||
MII439G_Buchenwald_Annex2_G2_PR248_1945-04-14_p3.jpg|Annex 2 — Buchenwald, p.3 — signed Malsh, OIC, 439-G. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* [[:File:MII439G_Buchenwald_Annex2_G2_PR248_1945-04-14_p1.jpg|MII 439-G Buchenwald annex (G-2 PR 248 Annex 2) p.1, 14 Apr 1945]] | |||
* [[:File:XX_Corps_G2_Periodic_Report_248_Annex1_1945-04-14.jpg|XX Corps G-2 Periodic Report 248, Annex 1, 14 Apr 1945]] | |||
* [[:File:MII439G_supply_office_tally_in_Brauth_reply.jpg|MIS Forward Supply (Brauth) Tally In reply]] | * [[:File:MII439G_supply_office_tally_in_Brauth_reply.jpg|MIS Forward Supply (Brauth) Tally In reply]] | ||
* [[:File:MII439G_equipment_turnin_request_Malsh_1945-07-25.jpg|MII 439-G equipment turn-in request, 25 Jul 1945 + 1st Ind 7 Aug]] | * [[:File:MII439G_equipment_turnin_request_Malsh_1945-07-25.jpg|MII 439-G equipment turn-in request, 25 Jul 1945 + 1st Ind 7 Aug]] | ||