 However, he was given field command authority for the police action on 25 and 26 November 1942, in which 532 Jews were forced on board the SS "Donau" and sent to Stettin and ultimately Auschwitz, where all but eight perished.The ground operations were complex and had to be planned and executed on one day's notice.Under Martinsen and Rød's command, his section made up lists of Jewish women, children, patients, and elderly who were not yet arrested and detained.