Excerpt from Transcription of a Stenographic Report of Discussion of the Current Military Situation—dated 12 December 1942—[Pages 65 and 66.]
Jodi: The Military Commander of France reports: The number of those French workers who were deported into the Reich since 1 June has now passed 220,000. There are, in round figures,
110,000 specialists in Berlin. An agreement has been successfully concluded with the French Government about cession of an oil refinery with a capacity of million tons. More than that, the French Government has agreed to furnish other installations if need be.
(Reading)
There is nothing else to report from France. The sending away of the 121st and 304th was good. One already more than 50 trains, the other about 46 trains.
Down there in the Balkans a clean-up campaign is under way in Jajce. Where the opponent has retreated, he is being pushed. Those mountains here are quiet. At * * * across the demarcation line, have thrown back the enemy. Here he has attacked very hard, left 37 dead. People are continuously being arrested in . Belgrade. One can say that every day between 15 and 30 Mihailovic followers are being shot.
Up here where the Italians have started to withdraw, the pres-
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sure has already become somewhat livelier. Here are concentrations,—here is where once in a while the railways are being destroyed, and also in this area where the pressure of the enemy against this contemplated Italian line is increasing.
Down here another clearing action by the Italians is now in swing.
In Finland everything is quiet, also after these fake attacks day before yesterday.
Extracts from a record of a meeting with Hitler, including reports on the deportation of 220,000 workers from France to Germany, and anti-partisan operations in the Balkans
Authors
Alfred Jodl (chief of wehrmacht operations staff)
Alfred Jodl
German general and convicted war criminal (1890-1946)
- Born: 1890-05-10 (Würzburg)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich; Kingdom of Bavaria; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Military rank: Generaloberst
- Military branch: artillery
Date: 12 December 1942
Literal Title: Excerpt from Transcription of a Stenographic Report of Discussion of the Current Military Situation . . .
Defendant: Alfred Jodl
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: PS-1383
HLSL Item No.: 452130
Notes:The meeting with Hitler is noted in the Blue Set, vol. 27, p. 206.
Trial Issues
Deportation or expulsion of civilian populations from occupied territories… Forced labor and mistreatment of workers in war economy (IMT, NMT 2)
Document Summary
PS-1383: Extract from notes of conference with Hitler on war situation, 12 December 1942: Jodl reports that since June 1 over 220,000 French workers have been deported to Germany