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Decree appointing Fritz Sauckel as plenipotentiary general for the supply of labor
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)
Hans H. Lammers
German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)
- Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
- Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)
Wilhelm Keitel (Field Marshal, Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces)
Wilhelm Keitel
German field marshal
- Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: general field marshal
- Military branch: artillery
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425
Date: 21 March 1942
Literal Title: 1942 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Decree by the Fuehrer, concerning a Plenipotentiary-General for the Utilization of Labor of 21 March 1942
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: PS-1666
Citation: NMT 2 (page 634)
HLSL Item No.: 3775
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-1666: 1942 Reichgesetzblatt, Part I, page 179 Decree by the Fuehrer concerning a General-Deputy for the Labor supply
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-1666: Hitler’s decree concerning a plenipotentiary for labor allocation, 21 March 1942, and Goring’s order in execution of this decree, 27 March 1942, (reichsgesetzblatt I, 1942)'
Doc Book Tables of Contents
PS-1666: 27 March 1942 Hitler's order defining Sauckel's authority.
Decree appointing Plenipotentiary General for Labor Allocation, 21 March 1942, 1942 RGD1; Part 1. p.179, and
Hitler's Decree dated 21 March 1942 appointing Fritz Sauckel Plenipotentiary General for the utilization of labor, the task to be carried out within the framework of the Four-Year Plan, Ordinance for the execution of this Decree dated 21 March 1942.
that all still incompletely utilized manpower in the Greater German Reich, including the Protectorate, and in the General Government end in the occupied territories, should be mobilized. (1942 RGBl., I, p. 179)