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Instructions for the use of Russian prisoners of war in various war industries
Authors
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: 31 October 1941
Total Pages: 1
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: EC-194
Citations: NMT 2 (page 50), NMT 2 (page 594)
HLSL Item No.: 3848
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Schafer on 11 Feb 1946.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
EC-194: Copy of letter, signed by Keitel, Re: Use of Russian PWs for war work
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EC-194: October 31, 1941. Secret memorandum of Keitel concerning use of prisoners of war in the war industry.
Secret memorandum of Keitel concerning use of prisoners of war in the war industries 31 Oct. 41
Memorandum of Keitel, chief of High Command of the Armed Forces, dated 31 October 1941, concerning use of Russian prisoners of war in the war industry. Memorandum points out that because lack of workers is becoming increasingly dangerous hindrance for future German war and armament industry, the Fuehrer has now ordered that even the working power of the Russian prisoners of war should be utilized to a large extent for the requirements of the war industry.