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The August Frank memorandum of 26 September 1942 was a directive from SS Lieutenant General (Obergruppenführer) August Frank of the SS concentration camp administration department (SS-WVHA). The memorandum provides a measure of the detailed planning that Frank and other Nazis put into the carrying out of the Holocaust. It includes instructions as to the disposition of postage stamp collections and underwear of the murdered Jews. It is clear that the Nazis were intent in removing everything of value from their victims.

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  • The August Frank memorandum of 26 September 1942 was a directive from SS Lieutenant General (Obergruppenführer) August Frank of the SS concentration camp administration department (SS-WVHA). The memorandum provides a measure of the detailed planning that Frank and other Nazis put into the carrying out of the Holocaust. It includes instructions as to the disposition of postage stamp collections and underwear of the murdered Jews. It is clear that the Nazis were intent in removing everything of value from their victims. The memorandum contains an instruction that the yellow stars that the Nazis forced Jews to wear on their clothing were to be removed before the clothing was redistributed to ethnic Germans whom the Nazis were resettling into occupied Poland. This memorandum, when it came to light after the war, played a key role in refuting Frank's claims that he had no knowledge that Jews were being murdered en masse in the extermination camps of Operation Reinhard. (en)
  • Il memorandum di August Frank del 26 settembre 1942 era una direttiva del tenente generale delle SS-Obergruppenführer August Frank dell'Ufficio centrale economico e amministrativo delle SS. Il memorandum fornisce una misura della pianificazione dettagliata che Frank e altri nazisti hanno impiegato nella realizzazione dell'Olocausto. Include anche istruzioni sulla disposizione delle collezioni di francobolli e della biancheria intima degli ebrei assassinati. È chiaro che i nazisti erano intenti a rimuovere tutto ciò di valore dalle loro vittime. Il memorandum contiene l'istruzione secondo cui le stelle gialle, che i nazisti obbligavano gli ebrei a indossare sui loro vestiti, dovevano essere rimosse prima che gli abiti fossero ridistribuiti ai tedeschi etnici che i nazisti stavano reinsediando nella Polonia occupata. Questo memorandum, quando venne alla luce dopo la guerra, ebbe un ruolo chiave nel confutare le affermazioni di Frank secondo cui non egli stesso sapeva che gli ebrei venivano assassinati in massa nei campi di sterminio durante l'Operazione Reinhard. (it)
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  • SS-Brigadeführer and Brigadier General of the Waffen SS FRANK (en)
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  • d. Men's underwear and men's clothing including footwear has to be sorted and valued. After covering the needs of the concentration camp inmates and in exceptions for the troops they are to be handed over to the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle. The proceeds go to the Reich in all cases. (en)
  • Without taking into account the overall regulations which are expected to be issued during October, pertaining to the utilization of mobile and immobile property of the evacuated Jews, the following procedure has to be followed with regard to the property carried by them — property, which will in all orders in the future be called goods originating from thefts, receiving of stolen goods, and hoarded goods: (en)
  • e. Women's clothing and women's underwear, including footwear; children's clothing and children's underwear, including footwear; have to be handed over to the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle against payment. Underwear of pure silk is to be handed over to the Reich Ministry of Economics according to orders by the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office. This order refers also to underwear, under letter. (en)
  • b. Foreign exchange , rare metals, jewelry, precious and semi-precious stones, pearls, gold from teeth and scrap gold have to be delivered to the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office. The latter is responsible for the immediate delivery to the Reichsbank. (en)
  • i. Valuable furs of all kinds, raw and cured, are to be delivered to the SS-WVHA. (en)
  • The needs in quilts, woolen blankets, thermos flasks, ear flaps, combs, table knives, forks and spoons, and knapsacks can be furnished from Lublin and Auschwitz from these stocks against payment from budget funds. (en)
  • j. Ordinary furs are to be reported to the SS-WVHA, Amt B II, and are to be delivered to the clothing plant of the Waffen-SS, Ravensbrück near Fürstenberg . (en)
  • g. Linen, such as bed sheets, bed linen, pillows, towels, wiping cloths, and tablecloths are to be handed over to the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle against payment. Bed sheets, bed linen, towels, wiping cloths, and table cloths can be furnished for the needs of troops from these stocks against payment from budget funds. (en)
  • h. Spectacles and eyeglasses of every kind are to be handed in to the medical office for utilization. . A settlement of accounts for the spectacles and eyeglasses need not take place with regard to their low value and their limited use. (en)
  • f. Featherbeds, quilts, woolen blankets, cloth for suits, shawls, umbrellas, walking sticks, thermos flasks, ear flaps, baby carriages, combs, handbags, leather belts, shopping baskets, tobacco pipes, sun glasses, mirrors, table knives, forks and spoons, knapsacks, and suitcases made from leather or artificial material are to be delivered to the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle. The question of payment will be decided later. (en)
  • For the decision on items which are not mentioned under the letters b-i, application for a decision as to their utilization should be made to the chief of the WVHA. 2. The SS-WVHA will establish all prices under observation of the legally controlled prices. This estimation, however, can be made later on. Petty evaluations which only waste time and personnel may be eliminated. Average prices for single items have to be established in general. For instance, one pair of used men's trousers 3.00 ℛℳ, one woolen blanket 6.00 ℛℳ, etc. For the delivery of useless items to the Reich Ministry for Economics, average Kilo prices will have to be established. It has to be strictly observed, that the Jewish Star is removed from all garments and outer garments which are to be delivered. Furthermore, items which are to be delivered have to be searched for hidden and sewed-in values, this should be carried out with the greatest possible care. (en)
  • c. Watches and clocks of all kinds, alarm clocks, fountain pens, mechanical pencils, hand and electrical razors, pocketknives, scissors, flashlights, wallets, and purses are to be repaired by the Economic and Administrative Main Office in special repair shops, cleaned, and evaluated; and have to be delivered quickly to front line troops. Delivery to the troops is on a cash basis through the post exchanges. Three-fourth price grades are to be set and it has to be made sure that each officer and man cannot buy more than one watch. Exempt from sale are the gold watches, the utilization of which rests with me. The proceeds go to the Reich. (en)
  • k. All items mentioned under the letters d, e, and f, which have only one-fifth or two-fifths of the full value, or are useless altogether will be delivered via the SS-WVHA to the Reich Ministry for Economics for utilization. (en)
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  • The August Frank memorandum of 26 September 1942 was a directive from SS Lieutenant General (Obergruppenführer) August Frank of the SS concentration camp administration department (SS-WVHA). The memorandum provides a measure of the detailed planning that Frank and other Nazis put into the carrying out of the Holocaust. It includes instructions as to the disposition of postage stamp collections and underwear of the murdered Jews. It is clear that the Nazis were intent in removing everything of value from their victims. (en)
  • Il memorandum di August Frank del 26 settembre 1942 era una direttiva del tenente generale delle SS-Obergruppenführer August Frank dell'Ufficio centrale economico e amministrativo delle SS. Il memorandum fornisce una misura della pianificazione dettagliata che Frank e altri nazisti hanno impiegato nella realizzazione dell'Olocausto. Include anche istruzioni sulla disposizione delle collezioni di francobolli e della biancheria intima degli ebrei assassinati. È chiaro che i nazisti erano intenti a rimuovere tutto ciò di valore dalle loro vittime. (it)
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  • August Frank memorandum (en)
  • Memorandum di August Frank (it)
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