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ecause of the higher wages paid there was first choice; Norwa]was second choice. The group in France contained in additionHungarians, etc., who had been residents there for some time*Men of military age are in the minority among these groups*182,The Balkan nationals of enemy countries: Greeks, Serbs,Albanians were put on a level with the Ostarbeiter (see para* 163below) as far as treatment was concerned* The military age groupsin this category were small* These Balkan nationals were employedlocally on road construction, exploitation of mines, etc. This typeof labour proved notably undependable and irresponsible* Snailgroups of Greek, Serbian and Albanian volunteers were to be found inPrance, especially in the South, and probably there are some equallysmall groups In Norway at present*(1) Osjbarbeiter183* Hilfswillige and OthersThe next lower category in accordance with Nazi racial doctrinecomprised the Ostarbeiter* (Ukrainians, white Ruthenians and peoplefrom regions eastward, as well as regions east of Latvia and Esthoniawhose inhabitants had been moved out and whose land had been resettledby Germans) and the Turkomans* Ike proportion of military age inthis category is greater than in the case of the Russian and Balkannatives* Volunteers of military age were however, apt to findthemselves in the Ost Legion before the OT got to them* Apparentlythey were transported west in large groups* They were scheduled forevaouatioD after D-day* It must be assumed that the Germans succeededin evacuating at least half of the original contingent*The term ffilfswilll assistant labourers)specially refers tovolunteers for the OT*(m) Colonials184* Indo-Chinese and North AfricansColonials from the Far East such as Indo-Chinese, (Axmamites,Siamese, etc*) were employed, it is believed, exclusively in SouthernPrance* On the other hand ftbrth Africans (Moroccans, Senegalese,etc* ) were scattered fairly evenly throu^out the French AtlanticCoast with a heavy contingent probably running into the thousands onthe Channel Isles*(n)Zwangsarbeiter (Forced Labour)185. Communists, partisans! Jews, Special Convict unitsRussians and Spanish communists, Polish and Czech conscripts,partisans, convicts (German soldiers and foreign civilians),miscellaneous politically hostile elements (foreign)* workers considereduntractable, homosexuals, Jews, part-Jews and state-less individualscomprised the lowest category, that of Zwangsarbeiter* Ages In thiscategory are as unlimited as they are in the highest category, thatof the Germans themsel'wss* Russian boys of 12 have been mentioned incaptured OT documents, while those of 14 are taken for granted* TheGermans did not manage to any considerable extent to put their handsen Russian youths approaching the age of military usefulness outside ofthose which were seized in the early stages of the war and haveslooe matured by three years* This limitation does not however applyto the Poles, Czechs, etc*