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| it, will have been in vain. Nor am I at all interested in receiving
further Russians, if they are put on my roster as production workers but I
cannot expect any production work of them. I presume that the conditions are
the same in all plants. It seems, therefore, appropriate for you to take the
necessary steps, via the firm, in order to clear up this
matter. |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT D-310
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| LETTER FROM KRUPP FOREMAN GROLLIUS TO KRUPP FOREMAN KOELSCH, 18 MARCH
1942, COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FOOD FOR RUSSIAN WORKERS AND THEIR HEALTH
CONDITIONS |
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Enclosure to letter from
Motor Vehicles Department of 20 March
1942*
Motor Vehicle Department
18 March 1942 |
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Foreman Koelsch,
I got the food this evening after Mr. Balz
telephoned, but I had quite a struggle with the people responsible in the camp
before I got anything at all. They always told me that the people had already
received the day’s rations and there wasn’t any more. What the
gentlemen understand under a day’s ration is a complete puzzle to me. The
food as a whole was a puzzle too, because they ladled me out the thinnest of
already watery soup. It was literally water with a handful of turnips, and it
looked as if it were dish water.
Please tell Mr. Balz again definitely,
so that the matter is finally cleared up, that we cannot continue having people
perish here at work The people have to work for us here. Good, but care must be
taken to see that they get at least the bare necessities. I have seen a few
figures in the camp, and a cold shudder actually ran up and down my spine. I
met one there, and he looked as though he’d got barber’s rash. It is
not to be wondered at when they get no soap, and filth cannot be removed by
water alone. 1f this continues we shall all be contaminated. It is a pity when
just at the moment the motto is “increased production.” Something
must be done to keep the people capable of production, otherwise we shall
experience a great disaster in |
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* The letter transmitting
this letter to the defendant Ihn is reproduced immediately below (D-318. Pros.
Ex. 899).
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