Disciplinary and Penal Code

The Disciplinary and Penal Code (German: Lagerordnung), also known as the Punishment Catalogue (Strafkatalog), was a set of regulations governing prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. The code was first written for the Dachau concentration camp and became the uniform code at all Schutzstaffel (SS) concentration camps in Nazi Germany on January 1, 1934. Guards were instructed to report violations of the code to the camp commandant’s office. The Concentration Camps Inspectorate was responsible for carrying out the resulting punishment, which was imposed without verification of the allegations or any possibility of appeal.

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