Papers from SS headquarters uncover instruction to kill up to 1,000 enslaved labourers on island of Alderney
Heinrich Himmler gave secret orders for up to 1,000 enslaved labourers to be shot in cold blood on the British island of Alderney, previously unpublished documents disclosed to theThe direct written order by the head of the SS is the first known instruction to show that plans were drawn up to annihilate all of the occupants of the only Nazi concentration and labour camps to exist on British soil.
Dated 19 August 1943 and marked top secret, Himmler’s letter states: “Should there be – in the event of an attack – even the slightest sign, on the part of the prisoners, that they intend to cause trouble, you must act immediately and without ceremony, and shoot the culprits.The letter was hand-delivered to List by a courier with specific orders from Himmler to ensure his instruction to murder hundreds of unarmed and mistreated enslaved labourers would never be made public.
“There is no longer any written material on this subject in existence,” states the letter, also marked top secret.
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