Oranienburg, 6th August, 1942. Copy Number 13. And then thirteen concentration camps are mentioned. I omit their names. The Chief of the Central Economical and Administrative Department of the SS, on the basis of a report submitted to him, orders that all human hair cut in concentration camps be appropriately utilised.
Human hair is to be spun into industrial felt and yarn.
Therefore, I order that the hair of women prisoners after due disinfection be collected. In order to avoid facilitating escape through the increase in length of hair, in all cases where the Kommandant finds it necessary to earmark the prisoners, a strip of hair should be clipped by means of a narrow clipper right over the middle of the head. The hair gathered in all the camps will be utilised by creating a special production unit in one of the concentration camps. More detailed instructions as to the delivery of stores of hair will be given separately. Reports on amount of hair gathered each month, male and female recorded separately, must be submitted on the 5th of each month, beginning with 5th September, 1942.