R & A No. 3113.7 / Principal Nazi Organizations Involved in the ...

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lii« Economic exploitation o ? occuple1
territorieso An incidental feature of SS colonial
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policies, but cne which acquired increasing importance
darin«;. 1941-1944, wa3 the raa:;sive exploitation o;'
economic resources in area;! conquorod by the Gerrit n Army,,
It established the SS as an entrepreneur in its ovn
rieht and contributed sub3 - .an J ;iall to the succs;;t of the
S3*s drive toward politica".. autarch/ and he£ono.a;r, in­
roads raada by the Sä into the spher > of government and
ibllltary administi'ation wave now suopl amenta«. by r ctual
economic sonpretition with industry.. Tiia move rtu
facllitatad by the fact that the SS could acquire the
noeded raw material« fron sources which flowed generously
and Gratuitously, and could exploit them with cheap
labor furnished by SS internment and concentration camps»
In the course of tho jeans the SS competed in the
following; fields: building materials, stone quarries,
food industry, armament production, agriculture, forestry,
fisheries, textiles, leather, porcelain» etc. To operate
the business side of these enterpriser the SS seo up
powerful combines such as ore "flaut 3cha 3rd- und .stein- •
werke (DE3t) n , the "Gesell.schalt f\x? Textil— und
Lederverwertunc» mbH.", and, above all, the "Deu.^ che