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competent Ausenstelle (Branch) of the Wehrbezirkskonmando Aosland(District RecruitingHQ fop Germans Abroad), The men so called up are,however, to report to their home Wehrbezirkskomnando. (For a tableof the various types of Service Status in the OT, see Table i).the OT first withdrew into the Reich in the summer of 1944*it s entire personnel retained for a time it s status as front areapersonnel, exposed to enwy action, which it had enjoyed in the occupiedWest and which entailed special pretextives and allowances (see Table I,no. 3: Frontarbeiter). In the autumn of 1944, however, two separatezones were created, a zone of the interior and a front zone, the latterbeing called Pront-OT (see IB20 & II£b32). Front-OT personnelretained their special prerogatives, while the rear aone personnel lostthe special allowances it had been receiving as well as some of itsmilitary character in practice, if not officially.Defining the respective spheres of Jurisdiction between the ReichRegional Manpower authorities (Gau Labour Bureau chiefs and Gauleiter)and the OT Manpower authorities (Dr. SCHMKLTKR, Sondertreuhander derArbeit far die OT: Special Labor Trustee for the OT), both of whomderive their authority from Fritz SAUCKEL as Plenipotentiary General forManpower Allocation, it is not certain whether the latter have the samepowers over OT rear zone personnel as over Pront-OT personnel, althoughthis i s believed to be the case. At any rate, the OT authorities(through the section Arbeitseinsatz un3 Sozialpolitit in Amt-Bau -OTZ)have the authority to transfer their personnel from zone to zone (frontand rear), without the consent of the competent Regional Manpowerauthorities in which these zones are located, although consultation inthis connection is normally attempted* For this purpose, there isa Beaufragte (Deputy) of Dr. SCHMELTER in each Einsatzgruppe*165. Enlistment ProcedureUntil spring 1942, the procedure for enlistment in tha OT was nomore complicated than the procedure provided for applying for a Jobin any essential industry* When a construction firm made a contractwith the OT, it was automatically placed in the category of warproduction industry and its employees were accordingly issuedDienstverpflichtungsscheine (Labour Conscription Forms) which forbadethe possessor to seek employment elsewhere* These forms were issuedby the local ArbeitsBmter (Labour Bureaux) competent in the employee'shome districts* A firm employee entering the OT on this basis wasdesignated a Stamnarbeitar (Permanent Bnployee) and the firm's entirepersonnel was designated as Stammpersonal (Permanent Staff)*The firm was processed for operation in occupied terrirotyâs aunit and travelled as such to its destination along with its equipment*A construction firm already working for the OT in occupied territoryoould obtain additional personnel from Gennany through the medium ofits home office and the local Labour Bureau* If the firm wasinfluential enough, it obtained not only volunteer applicants in thismanner but also personnel withdrawn by the Arbeitsamt from firms whosework was classified on lower priority* (in this manner a skilledmechanic who would prefer to work near his home for comparativelylow wages rathe than Join the OT, could be put under compulsion).Personnel recruited in this manner as a rule travelled directly tothe location of their new Job on travel authorisation permits issuedby the competent OBL FrontfQhrung (Front Area Personnel Section)*On the other hand, personnel entering the OT directly, whethervolunteer or conscripted, was, with some possible exceptions, processedthrough the OT Haupterfassun^slaêr (Main Induction Camps),in BERUN, FRANKFORT - ISENBURG- and INOWSLODZ in the Gen* Gouvernement.-168
x» , ~«^«u u*^ of 1942, irregular and surreptitious methodsof recruiting for the OT were officially done away with by theestablishment of (Branch Labour Bureaux) Nebenstellen Arbeitspntin those induction centres which henceforth were to process inductionpapers for all newly recruited OT personnel. (Bie OT retains theauthority to change &toe status of Firmenanffehflrige, includingStammpersonal, who have become subject to military service, toOT-Eigenes Personal by assigning them to OT administrative positions;.However as long as a man has not been formally "dienstverpflichtethe remains a "Freiangestellter" (Free Agent Employee) a status whichtheoretically allows the possibility of resigning from the OT.At the present time, Dr. SCHMELTER's priority on German manpoweris exceeded only by that of the Wehrmacht proper* see proceedingparagraph166. Processing of RecruitsThe OT Haupterfasaungslager (Main Induction Camps), did auch tomake enlistment procedure more uniform, of which the labour recruitmentfactor touched upon above was only one aspect* The StammlagerGRUNEWAID in Greater Berlin, opened early in 1942, for example, wasthe replacement pool for the entire West. m this function it containedfacilities not only for the induction, processing and training ofGerman personnel, but also for transit of large masses of workerstransported for example from Poland to France or vice versa* GRWBffAIDwas originally planned for a daily processing capaoity of 4000 men*This camp may have been enlarged since the camp IJEU ISENBOBG nearMtANKRJRTON MAIN was evacuated because of air-raid damage early in 1944*Until the withdrawal of the OT into the Reich (sunmer of 1944)intense competition between firms for manpower however, made OTZ's(now Amt Bau-OTZ) regulations for uniform enlistment procedure onlyas effective as influential firms in collusion with the GBL administrationallowed them to be* Since then the pooling of OT manpower on a nationalbasis within Germany has effectively removed the possibility of suchlocal collusion.OB processing procedure is as follows:1* Processing of induction papers at Nebenstelle dee Arbeitsamtes*2* Preliminary medical examination (heart and kidneys) atNebenstelle des Arbeitsamtes*3* Medical examination and general assignments as to type oflabour, (heavy, light) and as to locality*4. Specific occupational assignment*5* Issue of Dienstbuch and Erkonnungsmarke*6* • Determination of the recruit's pay scale, according to OTtariff differential*?• Issue of clothing and equipment at Bekleidungskamner( Clothing Office)* (Those not entitled to wear uniformreceived working clothes)l67» Discharge and Withdrawal from the OTDischarge to civilian status can be recommended only by tfas EGsttojectto final approval by Amt Bau-OTZ. U£ to about mid-year 1942Individual discharges were granted fairly easily in cases considereddeserving, such as poor health, after a period of 3 to 4 years ofservice, and in serious cases of family complications.Since then, individual discharges for Dienstverpflichtete (conscripts)have become praotieally non-existent, except in cases of serious injury.Theoretically, a man of stamnpersonal (Permanent Staff) status will be discharge*
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IR5/f!lR-0T/5/4SHRnDBOOK OF THEDRcn
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GE R MAN YOT EINSATZGRUPPEN, AUTUMN
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TABLE OP CONTENTS(See also LIST OP
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4a. OrganizSferiy %f Sfciw t>T& ^ ^
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Page35. "Current Organization" Eins
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155» Miscellaneous Deductions and
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To-day PT is indispensable in any p
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UNCLASS13* The two "basic types 6_
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of control over its plans, which we
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OT units was that of Bautrupps (Con
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__ n be committed to work by order
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11. OT Construction Activities 1942
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In case of Allied landings. In the
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Factors militating against complete
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1* Rationalization^ on a nation wid
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The project itself cannot be accept
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areas within the Reich; (3) Einsatz
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has the final responsibility for me
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Matters of policy, as decided upon
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with the Wehrmacht and with civil a
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which do the actual work. This is o
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adjacent construction sites are gro
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Amt Bau-OTZ.The second ia the auton
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are to be employed in tha execution
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"Current Organization" Bauleitung (
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Former Hauptabteilungen in OTZ have
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(SS Liaison Officer) are the follow
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y the Array for the construction of
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fortresses stretch over its entire
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(Eastern Wall) in April 1943* At on
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obviously would also have the same
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Consequently ten lype A emplacement
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at the expense of the "private comm
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eside those of feeding and billetin
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57* Construction Programme, Materia
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Italian firms arid the workers is c
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"The large scale construction work
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Diplom - Ingenieur "* Paul ANDORY,
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Para. 7 ~ CompensationCompensation
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Para* 16 - Text of the ContractThe
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m tag » * u »"5. For ascertaining
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- Delivery of Building MaterialThe
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prior consent of the HU. Any assign
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ecause of Allied propaganda and the
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all replacement parts of machine we
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served only as a general directive.
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The transport organizations forking
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outside the "boundaries of the Reic
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d) Health and Medical Services77. M
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tfhTheading "identifying scars or w
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example, units of the Feldgendanaer
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set up within the region of each Ar
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Scâl Festungspionier stab, (Portre
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Refer at (Sub Unit) BII1 : Hochbau,
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2. Although the agencies are subord
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Emergency Measures1. In case of imm
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The interests of the OT firms as an
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of the OBL cuts across two or more
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The following captured document, he
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sche Nothilfe - Technical Tanarfien
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Chef de¥iflitfSItverwaltung, Haupt
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corresponding in area to the DHL's.
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ij Feldpoliêi (commonly abbreviate
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erNSKK Verbindungsf&hrer des Transp
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