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Interrogation of Fritz Sauckel concerning the conscription of labor during the war

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Fritz Sauckel (Plenipotentiary for Labor Mobilization)

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Fritz Sauckel

German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1894-1946)

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  • Born: 1894-10-27 (Haßfurt) (located in the administrative territorial entity: Bavaria)
  • Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: item/value with less precision and/or accuracy; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: politician
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Schutzstaffel
  • Participant in: International Military Tribunal (date: 1946-09-23; role: affiant, defendant)
  • Military rank: Obergruppenführer

John J., Jr. Monigan (Major, interrogator, war crimes staff)

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John J. Monigan, Jr.

Milch Trial interrogator

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  • Born: 1914-01-01 (New Brunswick) (sourcing circumstances: circa)
  • Died: 1972-08-19 (Sea Girt)
  • Country of citizenship: United States of America
  • Occupation: lawyer
  • Participant in: Milch Trial (role: interviewer)
  • Military rank: major
  • Educated at: Harvard Law School; Rutgers University

Date: 22 September 1945

Literal Title: Testimony of Fritz Sauckel, taken at Nuremberg, Germany, 10:30 to 12:10, 22 September 1945, by John J. Monigan Jr.

Defendant: Erhard Milch

Total Pages: 17

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: PS-3721

Citations: NMT 2 (page 132), NMT 2 (page 620), NMT 2 (page 1859)

HLSL Item No.: 2965

Trial Issues

Forced labor and mistreatment of workers in war economy (IMT, NMT 2) Deportation or expulsion of civilian populations from occupied territories… Administration & organization (all cases)

Document Summary

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-3721: Interrogation of Fritz Sauckel, 22 September 1945, by Major John j. Monigan; jr., cac, Ouscc, regarding labor for German industry and agriculture, including forced labor from foreign countries and from concentration camps

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PS-3721: September 22, 1945. Sauckel interrogation.

EXCERPTS
Testimony of Fritz Sauckel, taken at Nürnberg, Germany, 10:30 to 12:10, 22 September 1945, by John J. Monigan, Jr., Major, CAC, USCC. Also present: Jesse
F. Landrum, Capt., AGD, Court Reporter, and T/5 Gunter Kosse, Interpreter.
[Page 10]
Q. Would the Central Planning Commission, in their outline of workers to be provided for agriculture and for Speer and for Milch's industries, etc., just give you the numbers of workers which they required, or would you get the allocation of the workers, too, say panzers and machine guns, and so on, from the Central Planning Commission?
A. In general, I always got the numbers for the sections in large but except for Speer who always demanded individual numbers of workers for all agricultural works or mining industries; in other words, Speer always demanded a certain amount of workers for each work.
Q. Except for Speer, they would give the requirements in general for the broad field, but in Speer's work you would get them allocated by industry, and so on, is that right ?
A. The others I only got whatever was left, because Speer told me once in the presence of the Fuehrer that I am here to work for Speer and that mainly I am his man; * * *
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