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representative of the town of Auschwitz are to discuss the division
of the area.
Conditions at the construction site
Faust
reports that at present 5,000 men are working on the construction site; 100 of
these are camp initiates. In order to increase the utilization of inmates it is
necessary to obtain more transportation. Twelve passenger cars and 45 freight
cars must be procured for this purpose. This train must leave the camp every
morning and go directly to the construction site, and also make the return
trip. A 500 meter-long siding must be constructed in the camp and in the works.
The construction of a siding in the concentration camp would have the advantage
that during daytime freight cars for the camp could be unloaded on the empty
siding.
Equipment on the building location.
At present
there are 14 dredgers and 20 pile drivers on the location, 10 of the pile
drivers are again being operated.
Barracks construction
Barracks construction is progressing rapidly. The staff for the
final construction stages of all barracks camps will be increased from 15,000
to 20,000. The second camp north of the Jewish cemetery is being built. A third
camp to accommodate 3,000 is to be built in the southwest corner of the works.
A fourth camp for 5,000 is to be built in Monowitz, and a fifth camp for 2,000
between Monowitz and Klosinitz, near the works railroad station. Six to eight
freight cars are arriving daily with parts for the barracks. Up to now, 4,000
men can be accommodated in the camp. |
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Procurement of construction iron
Santo reported about
the discussions at the Office of the Plenipotentiary General for Construction
in Berlin. The current situation is extremely serious. The requirements for the
second quarter of 1942 of the Silesian construction projects of the
Plenipotentiary General for Special Questions of Chemical Production at
Auschwitz, Heydebreck, et cetera, amount to about 67,000 tons of structural
iron, of which only a small fraction can be supplied by the branch office.
During the conference the Plenipotentiary General for Construction, Herr Desch,
was sometimes represented by Herr Matscheck. The Plenipotentiary General for
Special Questions of Chemical Production was represented by Wirth and Mann, IG
by Santo and Duerrfeld. |
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| Duerrfeld will approach Professor Dr. Krauch so that the latter may
make a suitable report to General Hanneken and point out that the Goering
decree is useless unless the allocations are made. The bare minimum for
Auschwitz is 30,000 tons of structural iron. |
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