Auction 5
German Persecutions of Civilians - WWII
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LOT 163:
Ernst Kostial & Anton Thumann Signed Paper - Majdanek
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Ernst Kostial & Anton Thumann Signed Paper - Majdanek
This document comes from the Majdanek concentration camp ( KZ Lublin ) andis double signed by the Rapportfuhrer ( Report Leader ) Ernst Kostial andthe Schutzhaftlagerfuhrer ( protective custody camp leader ) Anton Thumann.Ernst Kostial was a Rapportfuhrer in a key position and in this functioninvolved in the selection process of the victims and in the coordination ofthe mass killings.As a protective custody camp leader Anton Thumann was very feared because ofhis sadistic tendencies , his participation in the selections , the gassingsand the shootings. The prisoners called him the executioner of Majdanek , hewas tried for war crimes and executed in Hameln prison in October 1946.This is an exceptionally rare KZ document signed by two beasts of theHolocaust.The document lists the number of prisoners and in the camp and what countrythey came from their religion and so forth and reads :To the headquarters of the K.L. LublinStrength messageStrength on: 7.4.43 at 6.00 a.m. 7328 menAccess on: 7.4.43 1 manDeparture on: 7.4.43 14 menStrength on: 8.4.43 at 6.00 a.m. 7,315 menThis Typed letter measures 210mm x 145mm
