Introduction
On 11 January 1943, SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle, coordinator of Operation Reinhard(t), sent top-secret telegrams on its death toll to SS officials Adolf Eichmann at the RSHA in Berlin and Franz Heim at the Security Police in Kraków. These messages – intercepted by the British – provide precise data on the mass deportations – totaling 1,274,166 Jewish victims – to the extermination camps at Belzec (B), Sobibor (S), Treblinka (T), and the Majdanek / Lublin (L) concentration camp by the end of 1942.
Further reading: Witte & Tyas, A New Document on the Deportation and Murder of Jews during “Einsatz Reinhardt” 1942.
Documents
GPDD 355a
12. OMX de OMQ 1000 89 ? ?
Geheime Reichssache!
An das Reichssicherheitshauptamt, zu Händen SS Obersturmbannführer EICHMANN, BERLIN …rest missed..
13/15. OLQ de OMQ 1005 83 234 250
Geheime Reichssache!
An den Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspol., zu Händen SS Obersturmbannführer HEIM, KRAKAU.
Betr: 14-tägige Meldung Einsatz REINHART.
Bezug: dort. Fs.
Zugang bis 31.12.42, L 12761, B 0, S 515, T 10335 zusammen Stand… 31.12.42, L 24733, B 434508, S 101370, T 71355, zusammen 1274166.
SS und Pol.führer LUBLIN, HOEFLE, Sturmbannführer.
GPDD 355a
12. OMX de OMQ 1000 89 ? ?
Top Secret Reich Matter!
To the Reich Security Main Office, Attn: SS Obersturmbannführer EICHMANN, BERLIN …rest missed..
13/15. OLQ de OMQ 1005 83 234 250
Top Secret Reich Matter!
To the Commander of the Security Police, Attn: SS Obersturmbannführer HEIM, KRAKOW.
Subject: 14-day report, Operation REINHART.
Reference: telex there.
Influx up to 31.12.42, L 12761, B 0, S 515, T 10335, total 23611. Status … as of 31.12.42, L 24733, B 434508, S 101370, T 71355, total 1274166.
SS and Police Leader LUBLIN, HOEFLE, Sturmbannführer.
Archival reference:
Public Record Office (PRO), HW 16/23, ZIP/GPDD 355b, traffic 16.1.43.
Image reference:
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/holocaust/hoefle-telegram/
Further reading:
Witte & Tyas, A New Document on the Deportation and Murder of Jews during “Einsatz Reinhardt” 1942.
Thanks for including the original article, never read it before.