Sonderausweis Issued to Obersturmbannfuhrer Hoppner

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.324b

Object Name

Permit

Date

10-3-1943

Files

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Description

Permit:Front: Tan sheet with capital Ds in either corner. Title: "Gültig nur bei Dienstreissen: Sonderausweis." Two hole punched. Back: Printed text.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A SONDERAUSWEIS or Special Travel Permit, issued to Obersturmbannführer Rolf-Heinz Höppner who accompanied the transport of 765 Slovenian Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on 3 October 1943. Signature in ink of Obsersturmbannführer August Becker, at the time still holding the rank of Obersturmführer (he was promoted in 1944).

Dimensions

6 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Sonderausweis, Special Travel, Permit, Hoppner, Becker, Auschwitz

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Sonderausweis Issued to Obersturmbannfuhrer Hoppner" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.324b.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/582