Handbook of the ion TODT 103

8/14/2019 Handbook of the ion TODT 103

1/31

G. Liaison

Note: As may be seen below, th e OT, even though i t i s conside red asbelonging to the "Wehrmacht, has e sta bl ish ed li a is o n wit h government andNazi pa rt y agencies without rec our se t o Army, Navy or Air Forcecha nne ls. OT li a is o n with outside agencies w il l be studied under fourheadings:

a) M ili ta ry b) Economic c) P o l i t ic a l d) Ope rational.

The need for OT l ia iso n w ith m il i tary au th or i t i es , pa rt ic ula r lyth e Anny, i s obv ious. The need fo r economic li a is o n a rose from thefa ct th at th e OT i s c la ss if ie d as an es se nt ia l indus try within the compreh ensiv e scheme of p r io r it y alloianents of sup plie s as administered byth e Reichaministerium fttr Rustung und Kriegsproduk tion, (M inistry forArmament and War P ro du ct io n), and p r io r i t y all otm en ts of manpower asadm inistered by the Generalbevollmachtigte fttr den Arb eits ein sat z(P len ipo ten tiar y-G en era l for Manpower A llo ca tio n) . The need for p o l it i c a l l ia is on arose from the fact that for four years pra ct ic al ly a l lof OT 1 s assignments were ou tsid e of the Reich, in ei th er occupiedte rr i t or y or in sa te l l i t e or protected cou ntr ies , and involved theemployment of va st masses of foreign labo ur . Another important aspectwas cou nte r-i nte llig en ce which in the case of the OT was p o li ti c a l

ra th er than m il it a ry . The need for op eration al lia is on arose from th efa ct t h a t OT co-operated d ir e c tl y with such organ iza tion s as NSKK andTeno, for example. The economic, p o li ti c a l and ope ratio nal li ai so nhas been fu rt he r sub-div ided in to two typ es : German and foreigncollaborat ionist agencies .

a) M ilitar y Liaison,

86. Wehrmacht-QT (Germany) Liaison.

At the present time a l l the co nstruction f a c i l i t i e s of the Wehrmacht have been pu t a t the dis po sa l of th e OT. The working arra ngements are discussed in detail in sections below.

The l ink between Amt Bau-OTZ and t he OKW is established throughthe Rttstungaamt des Reichsministeriuma fttr Rtlstung und Krie gspr oduktion .

(Armament Bureau of the Ministry fo r Armament and War Production) a lsoca l led th e SPEEEt M in is tr y . (The newly cr ea ted Rtistungsstab (ArmamentS ta ff ) in t he same M in ist ry en te rs in to l ia i so n with Amt Bau-OTZ onlyin case of op er ati on al d i f f i c u l t i e s ) . The Armament Bureau was cre atedin May 1942 to ac t as a co-o rd in at ing agency between the c iv i l i a n SPEERM in is tr y and th e now dissolve d War Economy Bureau of th e Armed ForcesCommand (Wehrwirtschaftsam t des OKW).

The Armament Bureau Triiich started out as an agency of a militarycha rac te r , under th e same command as th e War Economy Bureau (Generalder i n f a n t e r ie THOMAS, l a t e r succeeded by Gen eralleutna nt WAEGER, and

f in a l ly by General STAFF, has since been made pa rt of th e Zentralamt(C en tra l Bureau) of the M in ist ry , and has lo st much of it s or ig in alm il it a ry cha racte r as far as the composition of i t s personnel is concern ed. The presen t head of the Bureau is likew ise repo rted to be ac i v i l i a n . Much the same may be said of the reg io na l off ice s of th eArmament Bureau -which are ca ll ed Rttstungsinspektionen (Armament Inspecto ra te ). I t is these Inspecto rates which are responsible for continuedeff icie ncy in armament and war production in th e ir in div idu al reg ionsof co nt ro l. These Ins pec tora tes controlled regions which, ori gin allybased on Wehrkreis bo un da rie s, were re ce n tl y modified to roughly comp r i s e t he are a covered by two Gaue.

The regional production programme arid problems involving priorityof manpower atii m at e ri al are discussed and dec isio ns made at s i t t i n g sof Rttstungskomnissionen (Armament Conm issions), the composition ofwhich con tain s regio nal key o f f ic ia ls , both civ il ia n (Gau and Land)and m ilit ar y (Wehrkreis of fi ci al s) and includes OT re pr es en tat iv es .The m il ita ry personnel i s divided int o thre e repr es en tat ive groups-.Army, Navy and Air Fo rce. O ri g in a ll y only one Armament Camnission was

-90


2/31

se t up w ith in th e re gio n of each Armament Ins pe cto ra te to iron out th evarious regional problems arising from the shortage in manpower anamachine replacement par ts,, the. .des truc tion of f ac to ri es and tra ns po rtsystems by A llie d a ir ra id s and so f o rt h . After the boundaries of th eArmament Inspectorates (which incidentally coincide with the boundariesof the va rio us 03? E in sa tz e ), were modified, however, to conform rough lywith the boundaries of two P ar ty G-aue, a sub-comnission was e st ab li sh ed(August 19Vf fo r each Armament Commission, ca ll ed Rt tstu ngsunte rin spe ktion (Armament Sub-Commission).

At the present time, the re fo re , the re s i t s in each of the two Gauewhich toge ther make up an Armament Ins pec to ra te a re a , e i th e r anArmament Commission or an Armament Sub-Commission, the l a t t e r be ingco nt ro lle d by the former. Each OT Ei ns atz gr up pe nle ite r (OT Chief ofEinsatzgruppe ) i s th e appointed OT member of the v ar io us ArmamentCommissions in the a re a covered by h is Eins atzgru pp e. The Chief ofEinsatzgruppe normally acc re dit s h is subordinate Chiefs of Ei ns atz ash is re pr es en ta ti ve s to the ap pro pria te Armament Commissions. EachChief of Ei nsa tz i s in tupn the app ointed OT jnember of the ArmamentSub-Commission in the are a of hi s E in sa tz . He, l i k e the Chief ofEins atzgru ppe, normally de leg ate s someone to take hi s pla ce , t h i s time

at the sittings of the Sub-Commission, the delegate usually being oneof th e four OT Con struction Deputies (E insatz l e v el ; accr edited to theReichsverteid igungskom missar (Reich Defence Commissioner) of t he compe te nt Gau. The subjec t of OT re gion al l i a i s o n with the ArmamentInspectorate, Armament Coianissions and sub-Commissions, and the ReichDefence Coianissions has als o been discus sed in IlAb34. I t should beadded h er e, however, th at re ce ntl y OT li a is o n has been ca rr ie d downbelow OT Einsatz-Armament Ins pec tor ate le v e l, th at i s to say, li a is o nhas now al so been es tabl ishe d (January 1945) between th e OT Oberbauleitung and the Rdstungskommando (Armament Headquarters).

87. Army-OT Adm inistr ative Channels of Lia is on ,

( i ) EGW area as of summer, 1944*

The chief adm inistra tive army of fi ci a ls in the one-time E in sa tzgruppe West were the m ili ta ry conmanders, or ra th er ad m ini str at or s, of

France (STtfLPNAGEL) of Belgium and N.W. Prance (v . PALKENHAUSEN) and ofHolland (CHRISTIANSEN). Their main concern with the OT consis te d i ncirculating and supervising regilations which had already been laiddown by ex is t ing government ag en ci es . The most common obje ct of concern was OT manpower. OT manpower, even though i t i s termed WehrmachtAu xiliar y, i s ba sic all y subject to manpower d is tr ib ut io n co ntr ol byGerman Labour a u th o r it ie s as repr esen ted at the to p by F r i t z S.AUCKEL.When the m il it ar y commander theref ore c ir c u la te s , for example, a re g u la ti o n fo rbidding unsanctioned tr a n s fe r s of manpower from one OT-Firmto ano the r, he does i t on the basis of the e xi st in g reg ula tio ns on thesubje ct al read y la id down by OT Labour Tru st ee SCHMELTER, who r epresen ts

the OT on SAUCKEL ss t a f f .

Si m ila rly , r eg ula tio ns cir cu lat ed by m il it ar y commanders on theprice ta r if f for the req uis itio nin g of cons tructio n equipment or ig ina llyemanate from the off ice s of the Reichskommisar fur P re is bi ld un g. (Reichcommissioner for Price Control).

The supervision of these regu latio ns was lef t to the loc al Fe ldkomnandarrturen, the geographical sphere of authority of which in Franceroughly corresponded with the French Departements (Prance i s divid edin to 35 Departements ) . The Feldkommandant'3 di sc ip li n ar y au th or ity i n

regard to OT personnel extended to a ll but se ri ou s co ur t-m art ialoffenses which came under th e competence of t he d iv is io n a l canmardinggeneral sta tio ne d in the corresponding se ct or . Nor did the Fel djccmmandant encroach on OT's^own d is c ip li nary powers which con si st edessentially of sending re fra cto ry workers to dis ci pl in ar y camps suchas Erz iehungs - or Schu lungslag er (D isci pl in ar y Camps). The Feldkommandan tur was the army adm inis trati ve echelon in th at i t co-operated 'di re ct ly with the OBL adm inis tra tive ly, ju st as the FestungsbauPio nie rst ab co-operated d ire ct ly with the OBL ope rati ona lly. Moreoverthe Feld kom ma ndan tur^^ rance by con tro lling the French Departement '


3/31

provided t he OBL w it h channels to t he French ci v i l i a n pop ulationl i v i n g w it hi n i t s se ct or . Consequently th e Feldkommandantur was thelo ca l mi li ta ry agency involved in th e tr ack ing down of OT de se rt er sin France.

( i i ) Current chan nels, Germany.

Outside of disc ipl in ary jur isd ict io n of regional and local m il i tar ycomnanders over OT personn el st at io ne d in t h e i r ar ea , Army-OT adm inis

t r a t i v e channe ls a re bound up with Wehrniacht-OT chan nels to such anex te nt , th at to dis cu ss them would be equivalent to repeati ng theinformation given in paragraph 86. Reference i s ther ef ore made to th atparagraph.

88 . Anay-OT Operational Channels of Liaison.

( i ) EGff area as of summer,

Op eratio nal li a i s o n a t the top between the Army and OT i s es ta bli sh ed through the Ve rt re te r des L e it e rs der Ant Bau-OTZ belmGe neral stab des Heeres (R ep resentat ive of th e Chief of Amt Bau-OTZ tothe Army General S ta ff ) . Li ais on at the next lower echelon i s mainta in ed between Einsa tsg rup pe (abbrev iat ed EG) and the Army or ArmyGroup occupying the corresponding ar ea . The nature of th e l i a i s o nbetween EG and Army or Army Group depended mainly on the t a c t i c a lsi t ua t io n and on the p o li t i c a l s ta tu s of the occupied te r r i to ry . TheChief of EG West, (Fran ce , Belgium and Holland) fo r example,Oberbau direktor V/EISS, was at th e same time RUNDSTEDT's ch ie f Enginee r;co nsequ en tly he r epresented th e OT on HUNDSTEDT*s s t a f f . In I t a l y , OTli a i s o n with Army i s es tab lis he d at t he top through the OT-Verbindungsftlhrer (L iai son O ff ic er ), to Oberbefehlshaber Sudwest. In the Balkafis,l i a i s o n was esta bl is he d through the Be auft rag ter der OT (OT Repres enta ti ve) to th e Genera l Engineer of th e Commander in Chief South-EasternThe atre wit h HQ at SOFIA. Si m ilar ly in Ru ssi a, OT had e st ab li sh edli a is o n through the se ver al Beauftrag te der OT to the correspondingGenerals of Engin eers on th e var iou s Army Group st a ff s in North, Ce ntr aland Southern Russia.

(i


4/31

Sc al F es tungspion ierstab, (Portress Engineer Staff).OT work de ta il s have occa siona lly been als o assigned t o dig tren ch es,lay minefields and prepare demolition charges for blowing up bridgesand other key poin ts of conmuni ca t ions under orders of the Armyengin eers, from d iv is io n upwards. The primary de fensive ta sk s of the

OT, however, are skilled construction and salvage work in the rearzone or at most in the rear lines of the front zone.

The basic and most caramon contact with OT in the construction ofdefence work is made by the Fortress Construction Engineer Staff competen t in the pa rticu lar s ec to r where the OT personnel is at work. Ifthe area is sufficiently stable to allow anOT administrative HQ, suchas an OBL, to be se t up , the execu tion of th e ta sk i s supervised bythe OT-firm execu tive and h is superv isory s ta ff to whom the sp ec if icpie ce of con struction has been ass igned. The equipment used i s l i k ewise owned or at l eas t rented by the firm. An overwhelming majo rity

of individual workers in rear zone construction has up to recently beencomposed of foreigners, and indications are that the Germans have evennow very conside rable fore ign a ssis tan ce - w il li n g or otherwise - ati t s d isp os al. The Fortress Construction Engineer Staff con trols theproper carrying out of sp ec if ic at io ns. I f, on the other hand, the areais considered too dangerous for stabilisation, firm equipment is transported to the rear along with most fore ign personn el, and a l l Germanfemales and males are eit he r di re ct ly d eta iled to the Fo rtre ssConstruction Engineer s ta ff s or are s p li t up int o mobile un its attachedto Division, Corps or Army (Engineers, or Transport, or Services ofSupply) depending on the fl u id it y of the situ at ion and loc al fa ct o rs .

In such ca se s, the OT formations, devoid as they are of the grea terpart of foreign OT elements, are termed B&utrupps (ConstructionDetachments).

OT's fa c i l i t i e s were in cre as ing ly employed i n France in emerge*ncyand even permanent repair of air-raid damage to transport andcommunication systems, to power plants and other sources of supplyes se n tia l to a m ilita ry machine. The best q ualified personnel in theorganization, amounting to about ten per cent, of the total number,was assigned in May 1944 to a manpower pool for air-raid emergencyre pair . After D-day, OT's en tire remaining f a c i l i t i e s in France were

used for th is purpose. (See IA13).

89. Air Force Liaison.

The Air Force, u n ti l June/July 1944, was operation ally in clos eliaison with the OT, but retained control over its own constructionag encie s. For example, the cons truction corporation Strassenbau AktienG esells chaft (trade name Strabag) which i s sa id to be con tro lled by theG0RING- in te re st s devoted p ra ct ic al ly i t s en tire f a c i l i t i e s to repairand const ruct ion work for the German Air Force in France and the Low

Countries until the spring of 1942.Strabag and similar construction firms were administratively con

trolled by the Luftwaffe Feldbauamt (Air Force Field ConstructionBureau) competent in the particular sector where such constructiona c t iv i ty was going on. The pmftwaffe Feldbauamt furthermore hadauthority to sign building contracts directly with private firms,provided the basic terms such as pay scales and the tariff for hiringequipment conformed with ex is t in g governmental re gu la tion s. TheLuftwaffe Feldbauamt was in turn con tro lled by a higher echelon theBezirk sbau leitung. This was the high est GAP organiza tion sp ec ia lly se t

up to supervise con struction lo ca ll y . Beyond the Bezirksbauleitung,regio nal constru ction was administered by control s ta ff s i . e .Luftgaukomnando (Air District HQ) Verwaltun^B (abbreviation for Bauor Construction) under command of the Luftgauintendantur . D iscip linaryord ers were handed down from the Luft gaukanmando through the F e ld lu f tgaukonmando (Field Air D is t r ic t HQ), the Fluffiafenbezirke (Air PortArea) and the Flughafenkoaniandanturen (Air Port Regional Command)acting as administrative channels respectively for the Bezirksbaule it u ng and the Feldbauamt. Around April 1942, when the OT


5/31

71ad m inis trat ion was becoming both ce ntr ali se d and s ta bi liz ed in th e West,Stra bag and oth er fi rm s, which by tha t time had completed the bulk ofth e GiiP programme, tr a n sf er re d the la rg e st pa rt of th e ir personnel andequipment to th e OT. Summarizing, th e re fo re , the GAF co ns truc tio n

ag en cie s, while in c los e l ia is o n with the OT, were independent ag en cie s.

As A lli ed a i r r a id s on ta r g e ts in Germany increased in scope andef fec tiv en es s, the task s of the OT became increasing ly id en tifi ed witha i r ra id pr ot ec tio n and hence under the di re c ti o n of the GAP. Thef i r s t st e p toward reve rsin g th e chain of command and pla cin g GiF's const ru ct io n agencies and f a c i l i t i e s under control of the OT was a decreeis su ed by Reich sm arschall GORING on 21 May 19A4 ord ering th e tr an sfe rof ope ra tion al d ir ec ti o n of th e Bauwesen der Luftwaffe (G,AF Constru ctionBranch) from i t s Chief t o th e Chief of 4mt Bau-OTZ, i . e . , M in is te ra ld ire k to r DORSCH. The Chief (GAF) rem ain s, however, i n con tro l of GAFconstructi on po licy and as GAF-OT l i a i s o n to GORING. Inasmuch as t heG


6/31

Refer at (Sub Unit) BII

1 : Hochbau, Bauplanung (Above Ground or Surface Planning andConstruction).

2 : Tarnung (Camouflage).

3 : Luftwaffe Nachrichten Anlagen (GAP Signa ls Communication

Construction).

Referat (Sub Unit) B i l l

1 : Tiefbau (subterranean cons truction ).

2 : Ingenieurbau (Engineering).

3 : Wasserbau (Waterworks : supply, i r r ig a ti o n , d ra ina ge).

Refer&t (Sub Unit) BIY

1 : Elektrotechnik (Electro-Teohnios) .2

Maschinentechnik (Techno-Mechanics).Warmetechnik : Heitzung, Luftung (Thermo-dynazaics: Heating,3Vent i l a t ion ) .

4 : Energie Yersorgung (power Supply).

Referat (sub Unit) 3V

1 to 3 : Vermessung, Plankamner und planverwaltung (surveying,.Plan Dra fting and Safe -kee ping ).

( i ) (b) Organization of theHQ of a Luftwaffe Feldbauamt (GAPGround Construction Office).

(This HQ, like the preceding, is given in summary form only).

Professional-governmental rank of chief: Regierungsbaurat.

Heferat (Section) 1 :

Referat (Section) 2 ;

Referat (Section) 3 :



Baueinsatz, Personal, Abrechnungen, Tarnung,Peuer und Luftschutz.(Construction Commitment, Personnel,Accounting, Camouflage, Pire and Air RaidProtec t ion) .

Hochbau, Nachrichtenanlagen, Flak Anlagen,Bauplanung und Ingenieurbau.(Above Ground or Surface Construction,Signal Communications Installations, AAConstruction, Planning and Engineering).

Tiefbau, Flugiangar, Werkstatte, Flugplatze,Be - und Entwasserung.(Subterranean Construction, Hangars, Workshops, Landing F ie ld s, Ir rig ati on andDrainage).

Electrotechnik, Maschinentechnik, Transport(Electro-Technics, Techno-Mechanics,Transport).

Veimessung.(Surveying).


7/31


8/31

2. Although the agencies a re subo rdinated to the above-mentionedOT Chief , they remain Navy agencies; they do not become administr a ti v e ly incorporated in to the OT.

i s respons ib le3. The Chief of Navy Con struc tio n (abb revi ated CNC,to t he Conmander-in-Chief of the Navy.(Note: Th is p la ce s a du al re sp o n s ib il it y upon DOESCH, inasmuch ashe i s r es po ns ibl e to SPEER for ad m in ist ra tio n of th e OT as aconstruct ion organizat ion) .

4. The CNC may use ou ts ide age ncies for Navy con st ru ct io n work,if necessary in the in te re st s of eff icie nc y; he may like wis e useNavy agen cies for non-naval co ns tru ct io n, if n ecessary fo r thedefense of the coun try . The program as la id down by th e C-in-Cof the Navy must n ot , however, be i n any way af fe ct ed .

5. The C-in-C of th e Navy re t a in s co n tro l and ownership overcon struc tion. In hi s dealings with GNC he is represented by theChef Kriegsmarine Wehr (Chief of Naval Defenses, ab br ev ia te d CND)The CND i s repre sente d on the re gi on al le v e l by the Obe rbefehlshabe r MDK (Conmanders on the Navy High Command) or t h e i rsubordinate Oberbefehlshaber Marinegruppen Kdos (Commanders ofNavy Group Commands) and the Koramandierend Admirale (Adm iralsConmanding). (See Supplement a t the end of t h i s Dec ree ).

6. The CNC's l i a i so n o ff icer at OKM (Navy High Command

rep res en ted by the CND) i s designa ted Ins pe kte ur de s Marinebauwe sens (i ns pe ct or of Naval Con stru cti on , abbre via ted INC). The INCin agreement with th e CND conmandeers co ns truc ti on o f f i c i a l s andtheir personnel for the establishment of higher Engineer Liaisonoffices and Liaison Engineer offices on Regional le ve l, (seeSupplement 2 at th e end of t h i s Dec ree) .

7 . The decree of 16 Feb 1943, re gu la tin g th e co nstru ctio n ta sk sassigned t o th e Navy through th e former Amt Marine Bauwesens(Bureau of Navy Con struction) as d i s t i n c t from th ose assig ned toth e Army through the Antsgruppe Pi on ie re und Festungen (pi on eer sand F or ti fi c at io ns Branch) remain in forc e.

CNC Organ izat ion.

1 . All pe rsonn el of the former Bureau of Navy Constru cti on (BNC)and i t s sub ordinate a ge nc ie s, except the pe rso nn el commandeeredto the Abteilung Betrieb (Admin. Section, see Supplement at theend of this Decree) are placed under the-GNC.

2. Likewise so ld ie rs , insofar as they were det aile d to co nstru ctio n posts as draughtsmen, motor veh icle d ri v er s, e t c . , on orbefore 1 July 44, (Special regu lat ion s w il l be drafted t o apply

to future construction detachments for which provision has beenmade by the Navy.

3 . AH trucks ( l o rr ie s; hi t he r to al lo t t ed to Navy construct ionagencies w il l be placed a t t he dis po sal of th e CNC; add itio na ltrucks will be placed at his disposal only for the duration ofth ei r specif ic task , as w il l a l l personnel ca rr i er s ess en t ia l fo rpersonnel t ranspor t .

4 . All construction machinery, separate pieces of equipment,de rri ck s, tug -bo ats, e t c . , already at the dispos al of the BNC w il l

be placed at th e dis po sal of th e CNC. Tug-boats serving r i v e rtr a ff ic may not be dive rted t o other work, pa rt ic ul ar ly thoseemployed on the Jade River.

5 . The above reg ula tion s apply also to immobile f a c i l i t i e s(adm inistrat ive and service qu art ers , bui lding yards, e tc . )

- 9 7


9/31

Serv ice Statua of Navy O ff ic ia ls and au xi lia ry personnelIGef o lgschaf tamitgl ieder) .

1. A ll Navy o ff ic ia ls and au xi l ia ry personnel as outl ined

in GNG org an iz a ti on remain members of t he Kriegsmarine andw i l l be cared for as such.

2. Appointments, promotions, discharges of Navy officialsa re recommended by th e CNC th ro ugi Navy c ha nn el s.

3. Appointments, promotions, discharges of Gefolgschafts-mitgLieder (Navy au xi lia ry personne l) are granted on theauthori ty of the

4. Ba sic pay of the above per son nel i s t h a t of th e Navy;ad di tio na l bonuses may however be granted for e ffici enc y, e t c . ,according t o OT pay sc a le s.

5. S o ld ie rs on detached se rv ic e to th e OT (see CNC org aniz a-t i o n , pa ra . 2) may wear the OT uniform.

6. The di sc ip li na ry a ut ho rity of the CNC i s th a t vested inhim by vi r tu e of a r t i c le 2U-* pa ra . 1 & 2, No.l of the RD St 0(Reichs p is zi p l i n a r Strafordnung or ReichPenal Code) anda r t ic le 18 of the WD St 0 (Vehrmacht D is zi p li na r Strafordnung

or Armed Fo rces Pen al Code) and as personne l adm in is tr at o r inth e sense of B D 0 of the Kriegam arine.

7. Leaves and Service travel are regulated according toNavy regulat ions.

Replacements

1. The CNC de cid es on the TO/WE of co ns truc tio n e s ta b li sh -ments and may disso lve or act iv at e indiv idua l agencies .

2. The CNC ap po int s te ch ni ca l repla cem ents . The Navy HighCommand ap po ints ad m in ist ra tiv e repla cem ents .

3. Replacements of motor vehicle parts, etc., will befurnished by the Navy in lump deliveries.

Comma nicationa

1. Communication services of the Navy, including theinstallation of new lines, will be extended to OT agenciesworking far the Navy.

Construction Program channels.

1. The (2ND informs the INC of the construction requirementson the basis of military urgency. The latter draws up a construction prograjane after collaboration with the competentoffice (see Supplement at the end of this Decree) in regardto the technical and economic practicability of the projectedprogram. Having obtained the approval of the CND, he thenreoanmends the execution of the programme*. The Comnandersof the Navy High Canmand (para.5) put in their individualrequirements through the competent offices, within the limitsof the entire allotment.

2 . The CND will in the future receive his regular quotasdirectly from the Wehrmacht without going through Navy channelsSpecial quotas, such as poured iron and no-ferrous metalshitherto provided from Navy contingents will, in the future,also be provided in quarterly Wehrmacht allotments.

- 9 8


10/31

Emergency Measures

1 . In ca se of imminent dan ger , m il i t a r y comnanders i noccup ied t e r r it o r y down to Seekomnandant, and i n R eichte r r it o r y down to Kflstenbe fehlshaber , are empowered t o is s u edi rec t ives in connect ion wi th the execut ion of emergencymeasu res approved by t he CND.

B i l l e t i n g , m e s s i n g , e t o .

1 . The Navy w i l l cont inue to provide qu ar te rs , r a t io n s , pay,c lo th in g , med ica l ca re , e t c . , fo r pe r sonne l i n the Navy const ru ct io n ag en cie s pla ced under the CND.

Financ ia l accoun t ing1 . The ad m ini str ativ e ag en cie s under th e CND keep t h e i r ownaccount record s and are so le ly r esp on s ib le fo r expe ndi tur es .

Supplementary Decree

Any


11/31

of the experimental hydro constructions ta t io n in WHilEIMSHAVEN.

(v ii ) Maintenance of Navy fa c il i t ie s and estimates of

the current requirements of constructiondetachments.

2. Mittlers Inatanz (Regional Level)

(a) The Navy adm inistrative sec tion s are on a regionalle v e l in re la tio n to the Navy administrative of fic eswith in th e ir sphere of competence. They are subordinated to the CM) who represents the zent ra lInstanz (centra l le v e l , see below). They rece ivetheir directives in regard to current constructiontroop requirements from the competent higher LiaisonEngineer and li a i so n Engineer on Regional (MOK) l e v e l .

3 . Zentrale Instanz (Central Level)

The central level will be a separate administrativesectio n in the Navy High Command, subordinate to the CNDand dir ected by the INC. In addition to i t s routingfunctions in regard to administrative sections andoffices, the following are tasks also assigned to thecentral level :

(i ) Final accounting of previous undertakings inarmament construction.

( i i ) Professional consultation in matters of construction with Section FEP* in regard to patents.

( i i i) Care of Navy Construction personnel insofar asi t has not been performed by the CNC.

91. SS Liaison

Construction agencies and f a c i l i t i e s of the SS have, li k eth ose of the GAP and the Navy, been a t the disposa l of theOT sinceth e stunner of 1944. No o f f i c i a l documents sim ila r to those regula t in g the re la tio nsh ip between GjflF cons truction agencies and theOT (see para.89 above), or that between German Navy constructionag encies and the OT (see para.90 above) have so far been uncovered,dea ling with SS and OT working agreements. The sub ject has howeverbeen dealt with from the standpoint of the OT, in IIAb34.

b) Economic Lia ison

92. German Agencies

Economic li a i s o n in regard to allo tm ents of raw mater ial was

es ta b li sh ed between Ant Bau - OTZ (Bureau Construction - OT CentralHSQ in the Ministry fo r Armament and War Production) and theRustungsamt (Armament Bureau). Inasmuch as th e channels are thoseof theWeEinacht, the subject has been covered in the precedingsection (a. Mili tary Liaison).

Economic liaison in regard to the allotment of manpower willbe covered in IVBa.

x Meaning of this abbreviation unknown.-100


12/31

The i n t e r e s ts of the OT firm s a s an eoonomic group of th eReich are taken care of by l ia ison wi th the y i r t schaf ts f i ruppenBauindustrie (Economic Group: Construction Industry) and theReichsinnungsverban d des Bauhandwerks (N atio na l Gu ild of B ui ld in gCraftsm en;. This su bje ct has been covered in II D . Sinc e the zone

of op er at io ns has come to i nc lud e Germany, however, th e OT as anagency of the M in ist ry fo r Armament and War Pr od uc tio n has tak enover no t on ly the cons t ruc t ion fac i l i t i es of th e Wehrmacht, b uta ls o a l l government agen cies adm inistr at in g co ns tru ct i on i n Germany,(s ee SPEER's dec ree of 16 October 1944, IB 22 ). Con sequen tly itmust be assumed th at th e influ en ce of the C on str uc tion Industry asan economic f or ce ha s been reduced to a minimum where p r iv a tecommercia l in teres ts a re involved.

The Deu tsche A rb eit sfr on t (German Labour F r o n t) , commonlyabbr eviated DAF, has been tre ate d as a p o l i t i c a l r ather than asan economic org aniza t ion i n se c t i on c) P o l i t ic a l L ia is on , "below.

93- Col labora t ion i s t Agenc ies

There were b a s ic a l l y two types of co l la b or a t io n is t organizat i o n s econom ically a l l ie d to OT. One ty pe , such as was se t up inPran ce, was pat tern ed a ft er the German B uild ing Indu stry. Thepurpose behind a co l la bo ra t io ni s t orga niza t ion of th is type wasto make i t serve as a re sp on sib le and su bs erv ien t agent throughwhich the German a u th o r it ie s could ex p lo it French manpower,

equipment and re so u rc es . For examp le, the Comite d*O rganisationde Batime nt e t d es Travaux Publicities (Committee fa r the Or gan isati o n of C on str uc tio n and pu bl ic Works) was nothing more than auniform pr ic e f ix i n g and labou r recruiianen t agency fo r the EGW.OOBTP (a s i t w as commonly ab br ev iat ed ) had no d ir e c t ch an ne ls t oEGW headqu arters in P a r i s , but was ob lige d to re so rt to i t s Germancounterpart the "flirtachaft3gruppe Bauindustrie as an intermediary.(This subject has l ikewise been touched upon in IID).

The other type of foreign economic collaborat ion is exemplif iedby the w orking arrangement which e x is te d between the OT and th ev a ri o u s s a t e l l i t e Balka n governments. The DERUBAU (D eu tsc h-Rua anische Ba u- G es ell sc ha ft) fo r exam ple, was a German-RumanianBuilding Associat ion entrusted with the development of roads andla yi ng of o i l pip es . The OT's part in the arrangements co ns ist edi n be gin nin g the program and all ow ing i t to con tinu e under Rumaniatec hn ica l supe rvis ion , as soon as i t was funct ioning smoothly.B ul ga ri a concluded an agreem ent, (June 1 94 2) , whereby th e OT undera 5 year plan would complete 900 m ile s o f asp halt roads between1942-i*. A bu ild in g program was inaug urate d in Sl ov ak ia (1939) byth e In sp ec to r Gen eral o f German Roadways ( F r it z TODT) whereby theOT would be gin a network of r oa ds , the com pletion of wh ich wouldbe l e f t to S lovak ia .

c ) P o l i t i c a l L i a i s o n

94. German Agencies

( i ) DAF and NSDAP

D ie Deutsche A rb ei ts fr on t, (DAF: German Labour Fr on t) wasfor m ally e st ab li sh ed toward the end of 1933 when i t took over a l lp re -e xi s t in g Labour Unions . In German o f f i c i a l language i t wasfounded by the Fuhrer in order to educ ate a l l "ra cia l" Germansecon om ically employed, in Na tiona l Soc ial ism , on the b a si s of

- 1 0 1


13/31

soc ia l u n ity . The DAP claimed a membership of over 25 m il li on inSep t. 1942 inc lud ing t i OT workers (except forced labou r).Individual weekly dues range from RM.0.55 toRM 1.1 0. A stamp tobe pasted in the DAF-Beitragsnachwei skarte (membership card) i s

given in receipt of dues paid, and a record of membership paymentsi s kept i n the DAF-Mitgliedsbuch (DAP Membership Book). In thecase of OT workers th i s record i s to be replaced by an in se rt ionin th e OT Dienatpuch (Pay and Id en ti ty book ).

The DAP may with some j u s t i f ic a t io n be termed the LabourMorale and Indoc tr inat ion Service of the NSDAP- By the same token,the basic emphasis remains on i t s functions as a p o li ti c a l ratherthan as an economic o~gan. Dues were au tomatica lly deducted fromeach German OT man's pay for the Gefolgschaftsbetreuung (OTMembership Welfare) as adm inistered by the FroTvtftlhrung, actingfo r the DAP. Thus every GermanOT man automatically became amember of th e DAP. Fore ignOT workers who belonged to collaborationist labour organizations at home, such as were set up by theDAP Aualandsorganiaation i n the various occupied and s a t e l l i t eco untr ie s, when tra nsfe rred to Germany, of nec es si ty became DAPmembers. Other fo re ign OT workers in Germany except Poles, Russians,Czechs and anall national minorities, are organized in specialnational groups and are represented in the Central Department ofthe DAP by li a is o n of fi ce rs , one to each n atio na lity.

The DAP fun ctions in connection with the OT are adm inis tra tive lyexpressed through the OT Frontfuhrung, as was remarked above. Thesubject Frontfflfarung w i l l be covered in IIIB c. An ov era ll view ofDAF-OT l ia i s o n , as given below, i s intended to complete the pictur e.

The Chief of Frontfdhrung Amt Bau-OTZ i s at the same timeGeneralinspekteur fttr di e OT be i der Zen tralinsp ektion fttr d ieBetreuung der auslandischen Arbeitskraf te der DAF. (OT InspectorGeneral of DAP Central Inspectorate, Welfare and Indoctrination ofnon-German DAP Members). While h is DAF rank i s not known, he maybe assuned to be on the DAP Cen tral Staff.

The Chief of Frontftthrung of an OT Einsatzgruppe in Germanyi s an e x -o ff ic io member of the s ta ff of the DAP Gauobmann of theGau in which the Einsatzgruppe i s si tu at ed . I f the area of anEinsatzgruppe cu ts across two or more Gaue (as i t invariably doe s) ,the OT Frontfuhrer (Einsatzgruppe le v e l) i s appointed to the st af fof one of the Gauobm&nner by common agreement. He i s at th e sametime OT Inspe ctor for h i s area for the DAP Central Inspe ctor ate,Welfare and Indoctrination of non-German" DAF Members: "H is DAPrank i s that of Gruppenbetriebsobmann. Th is rank i s an adaptationof the ba sic DAP rant : Betriebsobmann, which is roughly translatableas (DAF) Leader of Factory (or Firm) Person nel. A Gruppenbetriebsobmann consequently is the (DAP) Leader of allOT firmssit ua ted in an Einsatzgruppe, and in tha t cap acity he i s als o the"Beauftragte der NSDAP" (NSDAP Deputy) for the Einsatzgruppe.

Th Chief of Frontftthrung of an OT-Einsatz in Germany has theDAF rank of Biiasatzbetriebsobmann and is correspondingly cfiargedwith rep resenting NSDAP in te r es ts within h is Ein satz area. TheEinsa tz HQ a t presen t in Germany i s a con trol s ta ff mainly concernedwith the technical aspects of the priority prograimie in the areaunder i t s co n tr o l. Consequently an Einsa tz does not normally contain a Frontfflhrung staff; when i t does, the l a tt e r1s ac t iv i t i e sare confined to propaganda, training, security and special assignments, without pr ovis ion s fo r the messing and b i l l e t i n g of personnel.

The Chief of an OBL Fron tf tinning has the DAP rank of QberbauleitungatbetriebsofcSann (abbreviated OBL Betriebsotinann) and i san e x -o f f ic io aetaber on the s ta ff of the DAP Kreisobntann of theParty Kreis (D is tr ic t) in which the OBL i s sit u at ed . I f the area

-102


14/31

of the OBL cu ts across two or more K re ise, the OT-Frontftthrer(OBL lev e l) i s appointed to the s ta ff of one of the Kreisobmaftnerby conmon agreem ent. As OBL Betriebsobm ann, he i s th e (DAF) Leader

of a l l OT-f irms situ ated in an OBL, and in that cap aci ty he i sa ls o the "Beauftragte der NSDAP", Deputy fo r th e OBL. Inaddition, he is 02 Inspector for h is ar ea, of the D/F Centralin specto ra te , Welfare and In doc tr inatio n of non-German DAF Members.

The OT administra tion of Frontftthrung ceases at OBL l e v e l .Frontftthrung of Bauleitungen, Abschnittsbauleitungen, andindividu aTFirm s i s entru sted to a Frontftthrung s ta ff composedmainly of OT-firm personnel, and headed by a Frontftthrer wi-til theDAF rank of Betr iebso bmann.

( i i ) SS, SA and SD.

Ba sic SS-OT l ia i s o n operated at OBL le v e l in France, as i tdoes at the present day in Germany, provided conditions there aresu ff ic ie n tl y sta ble to allow the establishment of OBL adm inistrat iv e HQ. ' An o f f ic i a l ou tlin e of the functions of an SS-OT Verbindungsftthrer (SS Lia ison Officer ) attached to an OBL i s gp.ven inthe following:

1. Apprehension of political offenders.2. Res pon sibility for interna l-externa l secu rity and the

prevention of sabotage.

3 . Control of and iss ue of personal pa sses , id en tifi ca tio ncards, e tc .

4. Responsibility for the safe-keeping of classified

docunents.

5. Re spo nsib ility for the safe-keeping of explo sives .

6. Prefer ring of charges in cases of embezzlement.

7. Pre ferring of charges in cas es of corruption.

8. Se ttin g in motion the procedure fo r the apprehensionof deserters.

9. Acting as lia is on between the OT and P oli ce au th or itie s,SD (Security Service) et c.

The above functions are limited in practice to routine policed u ti es . For example, a fe a rl es s and con scien tiou s SS-OT Liais onOfficer could, in theory, go to the length of bringing charges of"running a lo ca l black market" against some in fl uen ti a l partymember in a high ly placed OT post . What i s more l ik e ty t o happenhowever, i s tha t the SS o ff ic er w il l turn over evidence placed in 'h is hand's to the SD Au ssen stelle in h is s ec to r. I t fol low s,therefore, that he is not usually expected to uproot irregularities

of the above type, nor has he normally the necessary agefits-provocateurs at h is disp osa l. Likewise i t i s theSD' s functionsra the r than tho se of SS to discov er enemy agents or covertinimical elements amongst workers, especially foreignOT workers.This i s done by the c la s s ic procedure of plan ting an SD Vertrau-*nsmann (Con fidentia l or Undercover agent or Agent-Provocateurcommonly abbreviated V-Mann) amongst worker groups. In t h isconnection French agents working for SD and Abwehr (Counterin te ll ig en ce) were exempted from French Labour co ns cr ip tio n . Tomake such exemptions inconspicuous, French agents were ostensiblygiven OT besonderes Vorhaben (OT Special Building Projects, V

-103

*/


15/31


16/31

The following captured document, here given in translnWR^lj illustr a te s the ea rly stag es of formal 3S and SA incorpo ration in to the OT,which by the present time has re su lte d i n p o l i t i c a l control o f OT bythe SS.

Org. TodtEinsatzgruppe West In the f i e l d , 5 MayP (Personal)To a l l Eins atz e and Oberbauleitungen in Einsatzgruppe West.

Subject: Procedure for the transfe r to the new rank-system of theOT, of those SA and SS Leaders delega ted by the SA HighConmand and Reichsftthrer SS (HDdMLER) into the OT.

Below I reproduce an extr act from a General Order of the 0TZentrale and requ est your at ten tio n to i t .

1A number of SA and SS le aders were detached to the OT byth e SA High Command and by the Reichsftthrer SS who, by reaso nof an assurance given by the OT, have been permitted up tothe present to wear the rank insignia appertaining to therank held by them w ith in thei r own or ga nizat ions. Inasmuchas the tr an sfer of these leaders in to the OT must be carr iedout according to the actual service status of their presentemployment in the OT, i t w i l l not be p oss ib le , in many cases ,to grant them the rank in the OT corresponding to the p rev iou sappointment they held the rein; on the contrary , i t w i l lfrequently, be the case that th ese lea de rs w i l l now be granteda rank -stolen is lower than that held by them within their ownpar ty org an iza tion . In order to be able to inform the SAHigh Command and the Reichsftthrer SS of the grounds for suchincorporatio n, the reason fo r demotion in OT grade of SA orSS personnel jaust be determined in every case involving anappointment to a d iffe re nt rank. Controversy ar is in g from

such cases must be communicated to the Personnel Branch ofth e OT-Zentrale, Abt P I . The Personnel Branch w i l l forwardinformation based on t h is controversy through the li a is o noff ic e r s of th e party organiz atio ns to the SA High Commandand the Reichsftthrer S.S.1

Whilst on th is sub ject, i t i s appropriate to point out thatin future, in cases of substantial punishment or the dismissal ofParty members, the attention of the Personnel Branch of HQ Einsatzgruppe w i l l be drawn to the fa ct that the person concerned i sa member of the formation, in order tha t t h i s o ff ic er can forwardthe necessary information to the OT-Zentrale.

Hei l Hit ler

Verified: By Order

BHJME M M G O L D .

Information on SS a c t i v i t i e s in the OT i s als o given in I I FeIV3b and IVBn. A sepa ra te l i s t of SS-OT and SA-OT l ia i s o n ag en ciesw i l l be found in IIGelO3 below.

95. Collaborationist Agencies.

P o l it ic a l l i a is o n between the OT and s a t e l l i t e , puppet and pr otectorate governments through the medium of political parties, labour and"sp ec ia l orga niz atio ns , governmental and se m i-o ff ic ia l agen cies and sofor th , i s not only a complex su bje ct, en ta ili n g lengthy separate studybut a ls o somewhat ou tside the immediate purpose of th i s hand-book. Al i s t of co lla b or at io n is t l i a i s o n of the above type , i n IIGE1OL.therefore been considered adequate, A B ^ & S * % ^v "^ "*


17/31


18/31


19/31

effect that the OT has conscripted manpower in their districts, withdetrimental results to the output of factories and agriculture*While com plaints of t h is sort may have had some effec t on theOT1 smanpower authority in rear areas {see IB20), there is little likelihoodthat OT fron t zones ( i . e Front OT) have been in any way af fe ct ed .

(vi) Volksstuim

There i s no indica tion of foimal l ia is o n between the Volksstuim andthe OT. On the othe r hand there i s no reason fo r doubting tha tco-operation, in both rear and forward areas, has on occasion takenplac e between the two organ izations* Normally such co-operation inrear areas, would be regulated on the part of the Volkssturm (in thiscase , the Stand-Bat a i l l o n e ) , by axmy au th or iti es of the Replacement andTrainin g Army, viz * th e var ious Wehrkreis Commanders, or , as th e irsecond in command, the Hfthere SSurtf. P o l ia e i Ftthrer (HSSPf 2 Superior SSand P o l ice Commanders). The nature of such co-opera tion would be inthe nature of m ilitary and p o l it i c a l se cu rit y. As such, the subjecthas been dea lt with in IIFe82 Co-operation in forward areas would, onthe part of the Volkesturm ( in th is cas e, the Ein satz-B ataillon e) be

re gi la te d by army operational au th or iti es . The Volksstuim1 s part insuch co-operation would consist of tasks, similar to those formerlyassig ne d, on occa sio n, to the RAD : doing the spade work onOT jobs,under the direction of the OT.

97 Collaborat io n is t Ag encies.

Operational liaison between theOT and co llab or atio ni st agencies islisted by country in IIGe 106 below.

e ) tii at of Lia ison Agencies*

Hotel These agencies are arranged in the same order as in the te x t#(lIGa-d) i n Asterisk ( ) placed again st an ind ividu al entry means tha t'the particular entry is discussed in the text*

98# ehrmacht-Azmy-OT Agencies (Textt IIGaB6-88)*

K Vertreter des Leiters der OTZ beim Generalstab des Heeres(Chief of 0T2fs Represen tative to the Anny General S ta f f ) .

at OT Verbindungsf&hrer beim Oberbef ehlshaber Sttd-Ost*

(OT Lia ison O ffi ce r to Commander-in-chief South-East (Balkans))s Beauftragter der OT beim General der P io nie re and Pestungen (OKH

(OT Deputy to th e General of Engineers and F or t i f ica t ion s (OKH)

Tertreter der OT beim OKST/Chef des Transportwesens(OT Rep resentat ive at OHf/Chief of Transport)

OT Beauf tragter de s General In gen ieurs in SOFIA (D ip l. Ing* VOGL)(OT Deputy t o General, Chief of Engineers (HQ, C in C South-East)SOFIA)

Terbindungsftthrer Heeresgebie t A (SIMFEROPOL and STALDO)(OT Lia is on O ff icer A (between Army Group A andEG Russland sad)

OT Terbindungsfuhrer beim Oberbef ehlshaber Sudwest ( I ta ly )(OT Li aiso n of fi c e r to C-in-C Southwest (I ta ly ))

x Festungspionierstab

(Fortress Engineer Staff)


20/31

C h ef d e i f l i t f S I t v e r w a l t u n g , H a u p t . A b t . A r b e i t( C h i e f o f l u i l i t a r y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , B u re au L a b o u r)T he a b o ve w a s t h e Army a d m i n i s t r a t i v e l i a i s o n o f f i c e f o r O Tmanpower ques t ions .

G b ie t s i ng en ie u r (Army S ec to r Engineer" )

Three way - Army ad m in i s t r a t iv e , Army op e ra t i o n a l , and oan d w as e s t a b l i s h e d i n o c c u p i e d t e r r i t o r y t h r ou g h t h e l i a i s o no f f i c e r o f the Fe ldkommandantur to each OHL in co -o p er a t io nw i t h t h e G e b i e t s i n g e n i e u r (Arm y s e c t o r e n g i n e e r ) w h c se s e c t o ri n c l u d e d s e v e r a l O BL *s. F o r c o m p a r ab l e l i a i s o n a t t h e p r e s e n tt im e in s i d e Germany betw een th e Army and QT, s ee IIG -a8 8ii .

M i l i t a r y S e c u r i t y L i a i s o n ( s e e I IG d 9 6 v i)

E s t a b l i s h e d o n OT E i n s a t z g r u p p e - We h r k r e i s l e v e l b e t w e e n t h eC hie fs o f Bin sa tz gru pp e and th e We hrkre i s Commanders, o r t h e i rsecond i n coamajid; the Hohere SS und P o l i z e i fu h r e r (H SS Pf :Su p er io r SS and P o l i c e Commander); on OT E i n s a tz and OHL -Wehrbez i rk l e v e l s , be tween the C hie f s o f E in sa tz and OHL, andth e W ehr bezir k Commanders, o r t h e i r sec on d i n command; th eS i c h e r u n g s b e r e i c h k o m m i s s a r s ( D i s t r i c t S e c u f r r i l y C o n m i s s i o n e r s ) .

E in s a tz Rh ein-M ain (H.Q: JRANKFURT a.M. A do lf H i t l e r An lage a)l i a i s o n w i t h tfehrbezirksfcommandant (W Kdt) KDHLENZ,

OBL KDHLENZ (HQ : Vor dem S au er w as se rt or ) l i a i s o n w it hW K itKDHLENZ.OBL WIESBADEN (HQ : Sinz Hofheim, Vinzentstrasse 2) liaisonwith W M t MAINZ-WIESBADEN.OHL L9DVIGSHAEBN liaison with W Kdt MANNHEIM-LUDWIGSHAEENOBL KBERBACH liaison with W Kdt MAI^NHSIM-LUDWIGSHAESNLiaison established also with W Kdt KAISSBSLAUTEN

Beauftragter der OT bei die Rustungskommission(OT Deputy to Armament Commission)

On Sinsatzgruppe level : Chief of Einsatzgruppe delegates hissubordinate Chiefs of Einsatz as OT representatives to theappropriate Conmissions within the Einsatzgruppe area.

Beauftragterder OT bei Rustungsunterkonmission(OT Deputy to Armament Sub-Conmission)

On Einsatz level; the Chief of Einsatz delegates one of hisdeputies to the Reich Defence Commissioner (see IIGa86) as OTrepresentative to the Sub-Commission.

99. Air Force - OT Agencies

x Luftwaffe Feldbauamt(GAP Field Construction Bureau)

x Bezirksbauleitung(District Construction Control

Luftgaukommando Verwaltung/B (Bau)(Air District HQ; Administration/B (Construction))

Generalluftzeugmeister, Verbindungsstelle(General in charge of Air Force Ordnance, Liaison Office).

Chef des Bauwesensder Luftwaffe(Chief of GAF Construction)

Address: Schsiriebusserstrasse, Berlin, SW, 29.


21/31

Luf twaYi^Bautrupps beam Chef des LW Bauwesens(General -of G.AF Construction detaohments to Chief of G.AFConstruction)

Believed t o be a design ation fo r li a is o n o ffi ce r betweenChief of at Bau-OTZ and Chief of G-iiF Construction.

Ant fttr zentrale Bauaufgaben der Luftwaffe(Bureau for GAP Construction on Central le v e l)

Address (19 45): BERLIN, P ra ge rs trasse, 13-1 4; Bureaubelieved to have been dissolved*

100. Navy - QT Agencies,

tt Chef. Kriegsraarine Wehr(Chief of Naval Defenses)

x Inspekteur des Marinebauwesens(Inspector of Naval Construction)

x Amt Marine Bauwesens(O ffice of Navy Construction (in the Ministry of Armament& War

Production))Superseded by Ajnt Bau-OTZ*

x Marine B au die ns tste lle(Navy Construction Agency)

x Marine Bauamt(Navy Construction Bureau)

x Marine Ba uleitu ng(Navy Construct ion D irectin g St af f)

101 EconomJLC Liais on Agencies (German) (Text; HGb92V.

Sondertreuh&nder der 0T bein General Bevollmachtigter des Arbeitseinsatz,(GBA) BERLIN.

Special Trustee for 0T (SCHMELTER) representing the GeneralP lenip otentia ry for In dust ri a l Manpower D is tr ib ution (SAUCKEL)

Beauftragfcer des GBA (s ee above) fttr I ta l ie n : Sondertreuhander derArbeit fttr die 0T(Deputy for I ta ly of the General Ple nipo tentia ry fo r Ind ustr ialManpower D istr ibu tion: Special Labour Trustee f o r 0T (KR32TSCHMANN))

Reichstreuhander fur den Arbeitseinsatz(State Trustees for Industrial Manpower Distribution)

Reichsverteidigungskomniissar(Reich Defence Canmissioner in his capacity of Manpower Controller)

x Reichsinnungsverband des Bauhandwerks(National Guild of Building Craftsmen)

I t s r el a ti o n s w ith 0T were comparable to thos e of th eWGB(below) with whom i t coopera tes*

x Wirtschsftsgruppe BauIndustrie (WGB)(Trade Group: Bui ld ing Industry)

It organized Unterbezirke (Sub-Districts) in the West,

-110


22/31

corresponding in area to the DHL's.representative from WGB called Ehrenamtlicher Leiter desUnterbeairks (Honorary Su b-Dis tr ic t Chief) who acted i n thein te res t s of a l l firms belonging to WGB, ac ti ve in the 0BL.

The repr esen tative himself usua lly was a Firm exec uti veoperating in the same OBL.

Gruppenbeauftragtar des Arbeitsstabes Bauwirtschieft(Administra tive Deputy on Einsetagruppe Level of th e EconomicGroupi Construction Industry to the OT)

One Deputy to each EGHQ*

Beauftragtfer des Reichs Arbeits Mini ster s fttr So ziale Versicherungbei der OT

(Deputy to the OT of the Reich Labour Ministe r f or Socia lSecurity)

102 Economic Liaison Agencies (C ol labo ra tion is t) (Texts HGb93)

Frenchm

Comite dOrganisation du Batioient et Travaux Publ iques (GOBTP)(Committee fo r the Organization of Construction and public Works)*

Ponts e t Ohaussees, Ministers de Production e t Transport(Bridged and Highways Dept in the Ministry of Production andTransport)

Had Inspector-General as l i a i s o n off ic er in each OBL, andperformed bridge and road maintenance, repair and construction

of non-military nature on OT's recommendations*

Ser vice de Liaison et de Defence des Entrepreneurs fran ca is aupres

de VOt(Office tap Li ai son and Prote ct ion of French Contractors i n the OT)

Rumanian

Derubau. Contraction fo r Deutsche-Rumftnische Bau Ge se ll ao haf t,(German-Rumanian Building Society).

Founded in ^9L& 9 entrusted with road development, la ying of o ipipe l i n e s , etc* Continued work in it ia ted by the OT.

103 P o l i t i c a l Lia ison Agencies (GermanUTexts TLGo9L).

( i ) DAP, NSDAP, and other Administrative Off ices.

s General Inspekbeur fftr d ie OT bei der Zentral Inspekbion f a r d ieBetreuung der ausl&ndischen Arbeitskrafte der DAF*

(OT Inspector-General of DAF Central In spec to ra te , WelfareAdministration and Indoctrina tion of Foreign Dip members).

Inspekbeur ftlr di e OT ( e t c . as above)(OT Inspector of DilF Centra}. Inspectora te ( e t c . as a bo ve )) .

Verbindungsstelle ( in Ant Bau-OTZ) zu den Gliederungen aer P ar te i :VerbindungsfUarer zur Reiohsjugend ftlhrung

(Liai son Of fice ( in Amt Bau-OTZ) to the Par ty formations: Lia is on

O f f i c e r t o t h e Reich Youth Directorate^


23/31

General-Inspektar fttr das Deutsche Strassenwesen(Inspector-General for German Highway System)

The parent administration of OT in its early days.

General-Bevollmachtigter fttr die Reichsverwaltung.(General-Plenipotentiary for Reich Administration, HTMMT.TTR)

Assigns German Officials to positions in the OT ondetached service, through Gemeindeverwaltung desReichsgaues. H Abt B, Personalwesen (H PA)

(ii) SS, SA and SD.

SS-OT VerbindungsfOhrer(SS-OT Liaison Officer)

One in each echelon, from OBL (sometimes from BL) up toAmt Bau-OTZ.

SS Abwehrbeauftrager fur die gesamte OT, Amt Bau-OTZ, BERLIN(Dr. Prank)SS Deputy in charge of counter-intelligence for OT at Amt Bau6*)

Attached to OT HQs on all levels from OBL upward.

Schulung SS at PLASSENBURG near KULMBACHProvides ideological training for OT personnel. Takenover completely by SS-OT personnel in summer of 1944and renamed OT-Reichschule PLASSENBURG* Enrollmentrestricted to those in assignments of responsibilityand leadership, including NCO s.

Leiter des Referat VA (Verwaltung-Abwehr) in Amt Bau-OTZfKrira. Rat KOHL)(chief of Section VA (Admin/CI) in Amt Bau-OTZ (Counsel inCriminal Law KOHL)

Verbindungsstelle (in Amt Bau-OTZ) zu den Gliederungen derPartei: Verbindungsfuhrer zur SS.(Liaison Office (in Amt Bau OTZ) to the Party formations:Liaison Officer to the SS).

SA - OT Verbindungsfuhrer(SA - OT Liaison Officer)

One in each echelon, for OBL (sometimes from BL) up to AmtBau-OTZ.

Verbindungsstelle (in Amt Bau-OTZ) zu den Gliederungen derPartei: Verbindungsfuhrer zur SA (Liaison Officer (in Amt

Bau-OTZ) to the Party formations: Liaison Officer to the SA)

SD Abwehr (Counter-intelligence)In matters of routine and special investigations of OTpersonnel, acts through the SS-OT Verbindungsfuhrer,usually on an OBL - SD Kommando (or Aussenkommando)level*

- 112

r


24/31

ij Feldpoli^ei (commonly abbreviated GBP)y works for OT - SD inv es ti ga ti o n s,

in the f i e l d , us ua lly through th e GFP Gruppe.

104. P o li t i c a l Liaison Agencies (Collab orationist)(Text: IIGc"93T

French

Surete d'Etat(VICHY government Secret Police, headed by Joseph DARNAND)

Action Social aux Chantiers (ASC)

(Social Service for Labour)Replaced by Service Social de Chant iers de Travaux.

Rassemblement National Populaire (RNP)(Popular National Party)

General Secretary: G. ALBERT INI

Front Social du Travail (FST)(Social Labour Front) .

Federation des Ouvriers travaillant en Allemagne (POTA)(Federation of (French) Workers in Germany)

Under control of RNP, see above. Headed by Joseph LAPART,

Comite d'Entr'aide aux Volontaires RNP de la LegionVolontaire Jrancaise (LVF) Waff n SS(Committee of Inter-Aid to RNP Volunteers in the

Legion of French Volunteers, Waff n SS).

Centre Social Franco-Europeen (CSFE)(Franco-European Social Centre)

Centre syndicaliste de Propagande (CSP)(Syndicalist Propaganda Centre)

Centre Paysan (CP)(Agricultural Workers' Centre)

Organisation territoriale (province) (OT or OTP) of RNP(Territorial (Provincial) Organisation of RNP)

Groupement de Travailleurs Encadres (GTE)(Classified Worker Groups)

Groupement de Travailleurs Etrangers (GTE)(Foreign Worker Groups)

Conniissionnaire regional (CR)(Regional Coraraissioner)

Part of the Vichy Govt. compulsory labour serviceorganisation, discussed in IVBb,

- 113


25/31


26/31

er

NSKK Verbindungsf&hrer des Transport staff ls(flSKK Liaison Officer of Transport (subsection in TransportSection of OEL.)

OT Verbindungsfuhrer bei der Transportkommandantur (Ifeer)(OT Liaison Officer to Arny District Transport Oomnand).

Verbindurvgsfuhrer zur NSKK-Tranaportgruppe TODT (BG5f) usw.Liaison Officer to NSKK-Transportgruppe TQDT at BGW, etc.Later designations: NSKK-Transportgruppe SFE3R

KSKK-Gruppe SPEER Transportkorps SPEER. These

designations all refer to the OT transport unit.ii) HJ

Verbindungstell^ (in Amt Bau-OTZ) zu d|r Gliederungen der Partei:Verbindungsfuhrer zur Reichsjugendfiihrung

(Liaison Office (in Amt Bau OTZ) to the Party formations:Liaison Officer to the Reich Youth Directorate)

iii) Reichsverteid igungslcomnissar

OT Baubeauftragter (BBR) beim Reiohsverteidigungskoxnnissar:

(1 Baugenehmigungen fur zivile Bauten(2 Sparingenieur13 Ubervachung der Zivil Bauten(4 Luftschutzbauten

(OT Building deputies to the Reich Defence (Gauleiter):

Construction permits for civilian constructionEfficiency engineerSupervision of civilian constructionAir Raid Shelters)

A the BBR'a sit on the Reichsverteidigungsaussehuss(Reich Defence Committee) headed by the Reiohverteidigungskosmissar.

106. Operational Liaison Agencies (Collaborationist)

French

Ponta et Chausees, Ministers de Production et Transport(Bridges and Highways dept. in the Ministry of Productionand Transport.

Had Inspector-General as l ia is o n o ff ic er in each OBL,and performed bridge and highway construction repair,and maintenance of a non-military nature but accordingto OT's recommendation of priority*


27/31

P A H T I I I

PERSONNEL

Compos i t ion o f p e r s o n n e l

1 0 7 . E a r l y p e r i o d t 1 9 3 3 / 3 9 ( We st w a ll A r b e i t e r / F r o n t a r b e i t e r )

($he purpose of IIIA i s t o review in broad ou tlin e thecomposition of OT personnel from the early stages of formation upto the present tim e. For a more detai led study of OT personnel,HIB should be co ns ulted. For a detailed study of manpower, seePart IV and fo r recent developments, see IB .)

The bu ildin g organisation, which F r it z TODT evolved fo r thesp ec if ic ta sk of rushing tine West Wall t o completion and which wasso s uc cessful in tha t task th at i t became the construction arm ofthe Aimed Fa rces, has retained the ba sic ch ar ac ter istic of cooperation between the German Construction Industry and theGovernment to th is day. The Construction Industry made theinvestment in the form of individual firms with their equipmentand cl er ic a l and technical st a ffs , including their executives.The Gezman Government, through th e Wehrmacht, inves ted th e manpower and the bu ilding m ate ria l, as w ell as the adm inistrativestaffs control l ing the ent i re OT personnel including fizms anda f f il ia t e d se rv ic es , such as the N5KK-0T. This personnel carried(and s t i l ca rr ies ) a Dionstbuoh (pay and Id en tity book) and was

permitted t o carry aims when the OT was put on a war foo tin g inSept. 1939.

When F r i tz TQDT took over th e task of completing the Siegfr iedLine from th e Army engineers in June 1938, he developed, in thespace of somewhat over two months, a building organisation of afrfli-P m il li o n men. This orga nisation co ns ist ed , i n round fig ur es ,of 350,000 OeimanOT workers, 100 ,000 RAD (Reich sarbeitsdiens t orReich Labour Service) personnel and 100,000 Axmy Festungspioaier(F or tres s Bngineer) person nel. Genera lly speaking, the RAPpersonnel performed the unskilled labour tasks, while supervisorytask s and the sk il le d con struction work were entrusted t o 0Tperso nnel. (Most of the workers co ns isted of the same personnelwhich had previously worked on the Reichsautobahnen (Reich HighwaySystem)).

The 0T and RAD personnel were popularly known as "West WallArbeiter1* (West Wall Workers). Such m ate ria l comforts as weredeemed over and above those essential for existence were providedfo r them by the DAP (Deutsche Arb eitsfron t or German Labour F ron t) .

In September 1939 the entire OT was put on a war fo ot in g . I tWas attached to the Wehrmacht as "Wehrmachtsgefolge" (Armed ForcesA ux ilia ry ). The adm inistrative con trol continued to be exer cisedby the General Inspektor fu r das Deutsche Strassenwesen (in sp ecto ra te General fo r German Roadways) u n t i l some time in 1941 whenOT-Zentrale (OTZ) KffiLIN took over tha t funct ion. With the o utbreak of war, the term Fro ntar be ite r (Front zone worker) wassub stituted fo r the e a rl ie r designation Westwall Arbeiter. Thesign ifica nc e of th is new design ation was twofold:


28/31

, _ . - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - ^ s s o n of aDiens tbuch (Pay and Iden t i tybpok) by the desicneeT^md his right to oariy arms for personaldefence;

2) It en ti tle d the designee to Frontarbeitersold or wehrsold (Front

l i n e duty allow ance). WhenOT began to employ foreign labour enmasse, the designation "Frontarbeiter** was extended to includeVolksdeutsohe (Racia l Germans) and Nordic volun teer s.

108. DAP/Frontftihrung

The DAP's Socia l Servic e was absorbed at the outbreak of warby a newly crea ted department^ in the OT, th e Frontftihrung, (Fron tArea Personnel S ec tio n ). I t s lead er, the Frontfuhrer, however,continued to represent in h is person the DJiF s in te r es ts in th e OT,inasmuch as he remained an o f f i c i a l in the former o rga niza tion .(See IIG94i).109. "Mobile" period 1940/42 (inclusion of foreign,at the expense

"of German,elements).

The personnel of th is ear ly OT organisation were graduallyabsorbed in to the German Armed Forces during 1941 /42 . Only thoseremained who did not meet physical or mental requirements, or weredeferred because of essential occupations, such as OT-firmex ecu tiv es , tech ni cia ns and administra tive ch ie fs . The Germanworker personnel with physical shortcomings became a supervisorycadre over fore ign worker u n it s, as soon as the l a t t e r becameav ai lab le en masse aft er the campaigns of 1939/1941.

110. "Mobile" period 1940/42 (OT-Firms, Bautrupps, Ser vi ce s, SK,OBL HQ personnel).

When sne "West Wall11 was completed at the end of 1940, the OTpersonnel moved out of Germany following the German armies inPoland, the West and the Ba lkans. (OT d id not engage i n con stru ction work, to any large extent, in Norway until the winter of1940/41) Their f i r s t tas ks were the res tor ing of communicationsof a l l typ es and assu ring the safe flow o f army su pp lies t o thevarious fr on ts. In fa ct , up to w ell in to 1941, OT personnelexecuted its tasks more in the mobile manner of rear echelon azmyengineers than in that of a separate organisation with a oentralisedadm inistration of i t s own. The fizms constru cting the Channeldefences along the North Sea coa st in 194 0/4 1, for example, in so faras they were controlled from BERLIN, were administered by the semiautonomous Construction Industry through large building corporationssuch as Strabag, rather than through the "mother 11 administration,the General Inspektor fttr des deutsche Strassenwesen (in sp ec to ra teGeneral fo r German Roadways) .

In relation to the OT, therefore, the picture which generallyhe ld un t i l about mid-year 1941 in Po land , Norway, th e Balkans andeven to some exten t in the West, was one of con stru ction firms inthe form of comparatively small units specialising in bridge construction, harbour construction, road and canal construction andso fo rth . These firms worked in cl os e li a i s o n with the axmy. Thwere mobile w ithin the li m it s of th eir own opera tional s ec to r andconsisted of the firm executive and h is cl er ic a l and techn icals taff . The firm execu tive w as, at th e same tim e, the OT Construction Executive with a correspondingOT rank, normally that of a2nd or 1 s t Lieutena nt. H is s ta ff lik ew ise were members of th e OTbut moved w ith th e ir employer from job to job . H is sphere assuperv isor of c onstru ction included the s up ervision of a l l OTworkers w ithin h is Ba us telle (con struction si t e ) . As alreadyst at ed , moat of the Facharbeiter ( sk il le d labourers) in thebeginning were s t i l German. They were divid ed in to "Bautrupps"


29/31

(Construction de ta ch m en t approximately 100" to" 150" men, withH ilf sa rb ei te r (a ux ilia ry labourers) drawn from foreign personnel.Such constru ction detachments were cla s s if ie d as OT organicperso nn el. Their movements were contr olle d by the OT auth ori ties

of higher echelons (Einsatz HQ and upward) on the basis of a construction programme as agreed upon between the OT and Army or AnnyGroup HQ. The number of such personnel on any one c onstru ct ions i t e depended on the si ze o f the job . (The term Bautrupps f e l linto gradual disuse, due to the mass influx of foreign workersin to the OT afte r the German v ic to r ie s of 19 40/41, but i t wasrevived shortly before D-day.)

Unsk ille d manpower was provided in the form of e it herpr isoners of war, lo ca ll y hired or impressed, or oc casio na lly RADpersonnel. Mention i s made in secondary sources of Stellungsbau,Tie fba u, Feldbahn and Strassenbahn B ata ill one (Constructionbatta lions sp ecia lising in the building of fo rt i f ie d po sit io ns ,tu nnel s, highways and ra il ro ads) . No documentary evidence hasbeen found te s ti fy in g to the existenc e of such un its in the OT,however, and i t i s be lieved th at the units invo lved were armyconstruction units and RAD units working with the OT.

Not much is known of the early organisa tion of the Servic essuch as transp ort , medical and so fo rth . I t may be sa fe ly assumedthat they were both mobile and, to some extent, improvised to meet

changing requirements. Pr otectio n to in st a lla tio n s and personnel,part icu la rly in Russia and the Balkans, was afforded by the Schutzkomnando (SK: Security Guard) composed of very small mobile contingents , so disposed as to be capable of quickly forming largerdefence u n it s . L iaison was a ls o maintained with Army and SS li n eof communications regiments in case of emergency.

Local sectors, consisting of one or more construction sitesand hence of one or more construction firms, were controlled bythe local sector OT HQ - usua lly an OBL. In the ear ly days of theQT, th e contr ol of firms and firm personnel was much loos er thanat pr esen t. The main reason lay in the economic pr otec tionafforded OT-f irms by th e powerful German Construction Industry ascontrasted with the comparatively lax administration by the GeneralInspector des Deutsche Strassenwesen (Inspectorate General ofGerman Roadways). The period from mid-year I941 t o mid-year 1942was a period of t ra n si tion in respect to composition of personnel.The Balkan campaign and the f i r s t phase of the Russian campaignresu lt ed in the employment by the OT of a vast number of Russiansand a proport ional number of Se rbs, Greeks, and so fo rth; inaddit io n Hungarian and Rumanian Engineer, or more ap tly , Labourb a t ta li o ns , provided another source of manpower in Russia . WhenSFEER took over c ontr ol of the OT uponTODT' s death in February1942, he incorporated h is Baustab SPEER with a s tren gth of100,000 into the 0T9 in the Crimea. (The Baustab had been bu ildingaerodromes for the German Air Force. Subsequently i t had movedin to the Crimea to perform task s sim ila r to those of the OT). TheNSKK-Transport Brigade TODT was al so activate d in order to takecare of transp ort. The en tir e OT manpower strength in March 1942i s estimated at approximately one million men.

111. "Stable" Period, 1942/44 (Foreign Labour, Kolonnen,Hundertschaften or Bereitschaften and Abteilungen).

About the middle of 1942 a defensive po li cy became evident inGerman m ilit ar y st ra teg y. F or tif ic a tio ns on a vas t s ca le began tobe b u i l t in Russia, Norway and Western Europe. OT Zentrale (OTZ:OT Central HQ) in BERLIN, which had begun to make i t s cen tral contr o l f e l t esp eci ally in the West by esta blis hin g operational secto rsthe re on a "permanent" basi s, began system atic ally to co-ord inate

-118


30/31

ar T

w

all phases of OT op erat ion. At the same tim e, the OT began tore cr u it manpower in earnest in th e occupied t e r r it o r ie s . In_tneWest and in Norway, manpower, much of i t sk i l led or sm^-^UJ.^*were recruited l o ca ll y and put to work on the massive fo r ti fi ca ti o n s .

This was augnented by mass trans fer s of un sk illed w orkers, mo stlyPo les and Ru ssians, from the E ast.

Contractual re la ti on s between the OT and OT-f irms weres t a b il is e d , and uniform reg ula tion s were isau ed on a comprehensivesc al e which the firms were expected to follow . By t h i s time th eproportion of Germans to fo re igner s had dropped to l e s s than lO^S,and a uniform pay t a r i ff , app licable to a l l OT personnel exceptZirangsarbeiter (Forced Labour), was issued in June 1942, *o becomeef fe ct iv e Jamary 1943. The sta tu s of OT personnel as m il it ia wasmore strongLy established than it had been heretofore aroundJamary 192*3 by substituting the phrase ^ehrmachtangehttrige*

1

(member of th e Vehrmacht) fa r the term "W ehmachtsgefolge" i n th eDienstbflcher (pay and Identity Books).

I f a l l the manpower which worked fo r th eOT direct ly orindirectly, in the early part of 1943, is calculated, the figuremay w ell reach t h e neighbourhood of two m il li on , mostly loca tedou tside the Reich. In the winter of 194 1/45 , before the currentA ll ie d advances in to Germany, i t i s e stim ated t o have dropped toabout one m ill io n , mostly insi de the Reich. A further step inregim enting manpower was taken in March 1944 when a l l fo re ign

labour was pa rtition ed in to u n it s of 20 men ca lle dM

Kolonnenw

,units of about 125 called "Bindertschaften" or "Bereitschaften",and - sometimes - i n to un it s of 250 ca ll ed "Abteilungen". Theseformed the va st bulk of OT labour and included th e Zwangsarbeiter(Forced Labour), mostly Russians and Jews (See in B b ll 9 -1 2 2 ). Theterm Bautrupps which had ceased to e x is t afte r the di ss ol u ti on ofthe ea rly German co nst ru ct ion detachments, was rev ived some weeksbefore D-day (See IAZ3 and XB16) .

112. Current developments (Front-QT. OT Legionare, Spe cial Br igades,Russian Units).

When th e OT evacuated oooupied t er r it o ry and withdrew in toGermany in th e simmer and autumn of 1944 , seme of i t s personnello s t t h ei r standing as Fron tarbeiter (Front zone workers) inso faras t h e ir new lo ca ti on took them in to an int er io r zone in Germany.On the other hand th e term Front-OT was created t o des ign ate aforward area in which OT personnel retained their standing asFron tarbeiter (or OT Legionare in the case of fo reig n co llab or atio ni s t s ) Simultaneously w ith the creatio n of thenFront-0T n,sp ec ial OT u n its were a ctivate d and formed, along mili ta ry l i n e s ,i . e . , Brigad es. Regiments, Ba tta lio ns and Companies. Two OT r eg i

ments have so far Been id en tifie d (s ee IIIB bl2 3), but i t i s doubtful whether the entire formation, planned at 30,000 highly skilledmen with su f f ic ie n t equipment for th ree tim es that number, has beenact iv at ed . Thia development has been more fu lly dis cussed inIB17,18 and 20 . Another current development of sim ilar nature isthe incorporation into the OT of the Russian m ilitar y un itsrecru it ed by General VLJlSSOV. This s te p seems t o have been takenin March 1945 (see IVBj).

U 3 Composition o f OT Person nel, w ith th e Exception o f Mania!Labourers", in an OBL sec to r .

The s ta f f of a bas ic con str uc tion se ct o r (OBL) oan be brokendown a follows ;

OT-eigenes Personal (OT organic Personnel);

* For composition of manual labourers see IIIBbll9-123.

-119


31/31

(1) Poliere (foremen over labour gangs of varying size);(2) Schutzkommando (Security Guards); (3) transport andservices personnel; (4) Lagerftthrer (camp supervisors);'5) administrative personnel of a c le r ic a l nature;6) adm inistrative personnel of a tech nic al nature;

) chie f 8 of op erational sec tor s.

Firmen Angehftrige (firm personnel);

(8) olerical staffs; (9) technical staffs; (10) constructionsupervisors; (11) construction site supervisors (OT-Firmexecut ives) .

The adm inistrative s ta ff of an OBL at present, possibly numbersless than 2fo of the to ta l OBL manpower; thus anOBL HQ control l ing159000 men con s is ts of approximately 300 men and women.

By D-Day the shortage of 0T personnel had become such that,w ith the exce ption of (1) and (7) (se e above), fore ign personnel,notably Dutch, Flemish, Danish and Frenchmen, were entrusted withthe other assignments, as enumerated above, in the followingproportions res pe ctiv ely : (2) almost ex clu siv ely ; (3) to a verylarge extent; (4) to a great extent as assistant or deputy incharge; (5) mostly confined to female clerks; (6) very smallprop ortions; (8 ) mostly confined to female cl er k s; (9) i n a somewhat larger prop ortion than ( 6 ) ; (10) in a very sn ai l proportion,i f any. The s ig n a ls coonunication systems are run by detachmentsof exc lu si ve ly German 0T Nachrichtenna'dels (Comnunication g i r l s ) .Higher administrative eohelons naturally were exclusively Germanas was 0T liaison personnel - always conceding the presence ofthe fore ign element in cl er ic a l st a ff s. Indications are that thegreat majority of H ilfs po lie re (male co lla bo ra tio ni st labour gangleaders) were evaouated into Germany.

A c la s s of 0T personn el, confined perhaps to the West, Norwayand Denmark i s " loca l" 0T labour Th is category , l iv in g near thecon struction s i t e , i s allowed to sl ee p and eat at home. Fi na lly,t oo , there i s the occ asio na l day labour composed of female clean ingand k itch en he lp in labour camps* This ca tegory worked fo r the 0Ton a short term basis but was not contracted to the organisation.

Individual functions of the more important types have beendiscussed in d et a il , as follow s: types (including Hilfsp oliere )1,4,6,9,10,11 above in II3BbU7-ll8; types 2 and 3 in IIP* types5 aijd 7 in IIIBc; type 8 in IIDa.

U 4 . Other sp ec ia l u n its i n the 0T.

Bes id es th e Baustab SPEER which was mentioned above inpara.110, there are the follow ing other u ni ts in the 0T to whichspecial functions are assigned:

1) Bergnannkompanie (Miner Company). See IA12.2) Bergungsregiment SPEER (Rescue and Salvage Regiment SHEER).

See IA12.3) P o l iz e i Re gt. TOOT SS (SS P o l ice Regiment TODT.) See

IIFe83.4) NSKK Transport Brigade TQDT (Transport Korps SPEER). See

IIFb 70 & 72.5) Legio n SPEER. See IIFb71.6) Transport Flotte SPEER. See IIFb73.

Handbook of the ion TODT 103

Documents

Transcript of Handbook of the ion TODT 103