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To: Chief of the Office of Military Economics and Armaments, in the
High Command of the Wehrmacht, Lieutenant General Thomas
Berlin W 62
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[Initials] GT [Georg Thomas]
[Handwritten] 22 October
[Handwritten]
Department Armaments IV
23 October |
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Dear General,
Professor Krauch asked me yesterday when
I visited him at his sickbed, to express his very special thanks to you for
your energetic efforts in the Emergency Project Bruex, and for your willingness
to stress the importance of the meeting on 23 October — which has become
unnecessary, owing to the preliminary work of all persons participating —
by your own presence.
During my visit, Professor Krauch developed an
idea concerning the employment of Russian POW's in the armament industry
[Kriegsruestung], for the further development — and, especially, the
execution — of which he considers you, dear General, to be the right man.
I made a short note of the ideas of Professor Krauch in the enclosure,*
which I am herewith handing you obediently as a suggestion of the G. B. Chemie
[Plenipotentiary General for Special Questions of Chemical Production].
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Heil Hitler!
Yours very obediently,
[Signed] KIRSCHNER
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT EC-194
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| DIRECTIVE OF FIELD MARSHAL KEITEL TO VARIOUS MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES, 31 OCTOBER 1941, ANNOUNCING HITLER’S ORDER THAT RUSSIAN
PRISONERS OF WAR BE UTILIZED IN WAR INDUSTRY, GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR THEIR
EMPLOYMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS |
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| Fuehrer’s Hqs, 31 October 1941. |
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To Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces
WFSt
[Operations Department]
Abt. L [Dept. of National Defense]
No. O
2588/41 Secret |
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* The enclosure was not a
part of the exhibit received in evidence.
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