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| [cir…] cular system for gas supply was planned, which was to
connect the Upper-Silesian district, via the Neu-Berun and Auschwitz district,
with the Karwin Basin. There are frequent lime deposits in the district.
Nothing can be said in regard to prices and procurement. Special facilities in
regard to salt and lime import from the Gouvernement [Government General] are
considered possible. The town of Auschwitz is at present inhabited by 7000 Jews
and 4000 Poles. The inhabitants of the villages in the neighborhood are all
Poles. Jews as well as Poles are to be removed, probably at the beginning of
Spring 1941. Resettlement is to be effected by placement of German soldier
farmers as well as by calling back Upper-Silesian industrial workers. In
conformity with negotiations with the Reich Commissioner, part of the Polish
population is to be kept for the building period. The Regional Planning Office
considered partial accommodation of the building staff at Auschwitz possible,
as 40 to 50 percent of the Auschwitz dwellings are usable. (This possibility
was later on disputed by the Mayor of Auschwitz.) The extension of the town
Auschwitz was planned towards the south and the east. A green belt of 500
meters will be kept open between the plant and the new dwelling area. West and
southwest of Auschwitz a terrain of approximately 10 kilometers is to be used
for a concentration camp settlement. The concentration camp already existing
with approximately 7,000 inmates is to be expanded. Employment of prisoners for
the building project possible after negotiations with the Reichsfuehrer SS.
Plans, maps (large-scale ordnance maps), et cetera, are not available. All data
must be procured on the basis of new measurements and photos. In order to keep
the ground clear for a hydrogenation plant requiring at least 3 square
kilometers, the Regional Planning Office suggested two more plots of ground of
approximately 1–1.4 square kilometers: |
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terrain a. |
West of the Imilien-Gross-Chelm highway, south of Gross-Cholm between
aforesaid road and the rail |
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terrain b. |
road line Katowice-Auschwitz. |
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The Regional Planning Office urged that these terrains be also
considered as locations.
Gleiwitz, Waterways Office, 31
January |
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| present: |
Baurat Hilfer, Chief, Waterways Office
Diplomingenieur Jambor,
Technical Expert
of the Waterways Office
Oberingenieur Santo, I. G. Ludwigshafen |
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| The following volume of water at lowest water level was given for the
various rivers: |
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| [Here follows a description of rivers in the area, waterways, and
related matters] |
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