This order, issued in February 1943, allowed concentration camp commandants to confiscate the clothing of Polish and Russian prisoners and issue it to new prisoners as camp clothing. This is why a reference to this new regulation – “Gem[äß]. V[er]f[ügun]g. v[om]. 9.2.1943” (according to the order of February 2, 1943) – was often stamped on the personal effects cards of Polish and Russian prisoners. The stamp indicates that the clothes these prisoners had been wearing when they arrived at the concentration camp had been confiscated.