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Himmler also outlined a programme of economic and political tasks to be carried out in Lublin. It was Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsf?hrer – SS, who during his visit to Lublin on 20-21 July 1941 ordered Odilo Globocnik, the SS and Police Leader for the Lublin district, to establish a concentration camp in Lublin. Included in this programme was the expansion of the German Supply Works (DAW – Deutsche Ausr?stungswereke), which had existed since 1940 at the labour camp at 7 Lipowa Street, and the Clothing Works (Bekleidungswerke), which was established by Globocnik in 1941. In addition, Himmler included the building of an SS and police housing district in the programme in the area of the former airfield in Lublin. According to Himmler, the district, designed for 60,000 SS-men, would be linked to the old German town.
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