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According to an interrogation report, Aumeier stated that in May – June 1943 while still attached to Auschwitz he was ordered to report to the Higher SS and Police Leader “ Ostland ”, SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln.

He was attached to the SS-Construction Brigade of 5th SS Panzer Corps ; this unit was responsible for building fortifications in the area Oranienbaum-Leningrad and was under the command of Organisation Todt.

Aumeier would command a Jewish construction unit of some 7, 000 men with orders to construct, and then establish Vaivara concentration camp in Estonia for Jews.