2-518: Lagerführer (Camp Leader) was a paramilitary title of the SS , specific to the Totenkopfverbände (Concentration Camp Service). A Lagerführer was the head SS officer assigned to a particular concentration camp , serving as the commander of the said camp. The term Lagerführer was distinct and separate from the position of Kommandant . Lagerführers were typically employed in camp complexes, where
4-500: A main camp would be divided into one or more smaller camps. The most recognizable example of this was the Auschwitz command and control system , in which a single Kommandant oversaw the activities of three subordinate Lagerführers , each in charge of one of three main Auschwitz concentration camps . The title of Lagerführer was typically not used to denote commanders of "sub-camps". Sub-camps were considered satellite work areas of
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