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Letter from Sauckel to Milch concerning Sauckel's work in recruiting labor, and Milch's reply

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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)

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

Erhard Milch (Field Marshal, Luftwaffe; Central Planning Board)

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Erhard Milch

German general; defendant in the Milch Trial (1892-1972)

Born: 1892-03-30 (Wilhelmshaven) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hanover)
Died: 1972-01-25 (Wuppertal)
Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
Occupation: aircraft pilot; military personnel; politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Participant in: Milch Trial (period: 1947-01-02 through 1947-04-17; role: defendant); Nazi human experimentation (role: administrator); forced labour under German rule during World War II
Significant person: Erich Hippke (role: superior); Hermann Göring (role: superior)
Military rank: general field marshal (since: 1940-07-19)

Date: 01 April 1943

Total Pages: 3

Language of Text: German

Evidence Code: NOKW-352

Citations: NMT 2 (page 2082), NMT 2 (page 2217)

HLSL Item No.: 3589

Notes:Sauckel sent Milch two versions of the same letter on 1 and 2 Apr 1943; Milch replied on 7 Apr 1943.

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NOKW-352: A letter from Fritz Sauckel, the Plenipotentiary General for the Employment of Labor, addressed to Field Marshal Erhard Milch. Original letter. A copy of Milch's letter to Sauckel. 3 pages. Excerpts of Sauckel's speech in Posen

NARA NMT Doc Descriptions

NOKW-352: Letter, Sauekel to Mich 1 April 1943, and pamphlet on Sauekel speech 5/6/43.