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yellow colored cards were for German nationals,
Tha.information contained in these cards is at the same time to be found in
bc'Jk form 1n the FAHNDUNGSBUCH. This is a monthly publication of the RSHA in
which all wanted .persons are listed with their personal descriptions. The in-
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formation is transferred from the book to the cards.
ii) HAUPTKARTEI (Main Index File)
. The cards of ABT II wore blue, while the files were llow, indicating that
they contain a list of politioir crimes and suspocts.
Theords ofLBTIIIwsreLorfmga, and the files were green, indicating that they
contain aA•ist of espionage crimes 07 uspocts: • •
The _above color system pertaining to both the SUCH UND SPEZIALKARTEI and the
'HAUPTKARTEI is prescribed by the RSHA in BERLIN and applies to the whole of Germany.
iii) A-EARTEI (Riders)
This index file contained a list of political criminals or of those people
:whO ' hact not:adopted the National-Socialist point of view. Most of the people
indexed wore in concentration camps. On these cards green, blue, and rod riders
were used.: ::a.ource believes that greon rofOrrod to "Marxism" and rod to "comMun-
. ism",b4t:ignores the moaning of thO blue rider.'
' Theindox was always kopt looked and stored away in a safo. Only one person
was handling the indox and nobody was supposed to see The contonts of thoso cards.
The filo6for the green, blue and rod . cards woro only in two colors, green and
All pntrios on the index cards wore aado in plain languago and not in cod°,
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iv) GESTAPO Files in DARMSTADT,
All records of the GESTAPO in DARMSTADT wore complotoly destroyed by fire dur7
ing . a-bombing attack on . 11 Sept 44. ' Whon this Hq was movod to BENSHEIM• now , rocords
and files had to be compiled. Thoy wore forced to start again from scratch.
III. GESTAPOUSSENDIENSTSTELLE (nreign Branch), DARi vISTADT B-2 (Source:--GOTNER)
.A . n0Mbor-,.of . pooplo who wore arrested by the GESTAPO . wore transferred from BENS-
HEIMAO ,DARMST'ADT for a socallod special treatment (SONDERBEHANDLUNG). KOMMISAR
WANGEMANN:was • • . in . chargo of this dopart. Source was rosponsiblo for filling
outthOtrairel.papor's. At one timo sho noticed on ene-ofthe papers that the person
invOlvedWas rapidly dying of a disease, which, sourco claimed, could not have
boon tho
IV. FORGED SOLDBUEOHER FOR THE VAFFEN SS B-2 (Source: GANTNER)
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'AJSCHAFMOSCH was obsorvod by source one ovening in tho process of forging SOLD-
' BUTCHERfortho- WAFFEN SS for REG RAT GIRKE, KRIM RAT HELLENBROICH, BAU4EIST7A, •
and a drivar..
V. CONCENTRATION CAMPS . B-2 (Souroo: GINTNER)
.Persohsarrostod by tho BENSHEIM GTSTAPO Hq Woro shippod to the following institutiOns:
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0 Male golitical convicts and foreign, workers who had soxual rolations with German
women 'wore sont to DACHAU (major affonsos),BUCHENWALD (minor offonsos), and
FLOSSENBUERG (minor offonsos).