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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-13551
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
1953 |
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| TWO LETTERS OF FARBEN’S LANDSBERG [WARTHE] PLANT TO COMMAND OF
THE ARMAMENT DISTRICT, FRANKFURT, 24 JANUARY AND 2 FEBRUARY 1942, REPORTING
UPON EXPERIENCES IN EMPLOYMENT OF 500 RUSSIAN PRISONERS OF WAR ALLOCATED TO THE
PLANT, STATISTICS ON DEATHS AND SICKNESS, EFFECTS ON GERMANS AND PRISONERS OF
WAR OF OTHER NATIONALITY, AND REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF
REMAINING PRISONERS STILL FIT TO WORK |
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| 1. Letter of 24 January 1942 |
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| I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Landsberg
(Warthe) |
[Handwritten] 12713-1 e
[Stamp]
Secretariat Dr. Gajewski
Rec. 23 Jan
1942
[initial]
G [Gajewski]
[Handwritten] Noted, Karasek
24 January 1942
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To the Command of the Armament District, Air Force Group
Frankfurt/Oder, Fuerstenwalder Str. 67 |
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Registered
LaW–Hf/Fa |
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Soviet-Russian Prisoners of War
You are aware of the
fact that at the end of November 1941 we were allocated 500 Soviet-Russian
prisoners of war. You will see from the report below what experiences we have
had with the Soviet-Russian prisoners of war on our building site. You will
realize from this that an immediate change in present conditions is absolutely
necessary.
Right from the beginning there was little work done by the
Soviet–Russian prisoners of war, which was partly due to food conditions.
In the meantime, a comparatively large number of Soviet-Russians have died, an
even very much greater number does not appear on the construction site at all,
due to sickness. For instance on 22 January 1942, the following was the actual
employment of the Russians: |
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| 500 |
Soviet Russians originally available |
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2 returned to the base camp [Stalag]
immediately |
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33 permanently assigned to work in the camp |
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82 died |
| 315 |
198 sick |
| 185 |
[Fit for employment] |
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