Document No. 1435-PS

AUTHOR — International Military Tribunal

Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV

Document No. 1435-PS

PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 1435-PS

Speech of Min. Speer on 24 Febr. 1942 to the Gauleiter meeting.

From Vol. 38-1

Gauleiter meeting 24 Febr. 1942. Munich

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I am grateful to fact that, also Party member Dr. Todt, in January, personally ordered the complete stoppage of work on his Reichsautobahnen as well as released all specialists and German Workers for the railroad construction in the East and his PWs for the armament industry.

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I therefore proposed to the Fuehrer at the end of December that all my labor force, including specialists, be released for mass employment in the East.

Subsequently the remaining PW's about 10,000, were put at disposal of the armaments industry by me.

Source:<br>Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV<br>Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality<br>Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1946