Vermessung (Surveying), Statistik (Statistics), Baustoffprttfung(Testing of Buiiaing Materials), Hoohbau (Building above Ground),Elektrowirtsohaft (Electrical Power Supply) and others. (Seealso IIB and IlCbo and Table II).(3) Nachschub (Simply)All the matters dealing with the supply of materials,machines and implements needed in construction are centralized inthe section Nachschub, which is also charged with the supervisionof the extensive material depots. (See also li )(4) ffront ftthrung (Front Area Personnel Section)This section deals with the Frontarbeiter (Eront Zone Worker)in all his activities on the "front", which is to say in the frontoperational area as defined by OT. It takes care of theindoctrination of the jRrontarbeiter in the spirit of the NationalSocialist ideology and of basic military training in defence againstAllied attacks. The Erontftthrung gives counsel (but renders nodecisions) in matters pertaining to wages, tariffs, furloughs,family problems, and also controls the DienstbBoher (Pay andIdentity Books) and Brkennungsmarken, (identification Discs),distribution of Marketenderwaren (Canteen or PX goods), weapons,clothing and other equipment. It organizes entertainment and isalso in charge of libraries and e.g. the distribution of newspapersand magazines. (See also IIBc and Table III).(5) Verwaltung (-Administration)This section deals with all matters pertaining to finances,book-keeping and the internal administration of the OT units.Its sub-sections include Kasse (Treasury), Inventar (inventory),Abrechnung (Auditing), Buchhaltung (Book-keeping) and others.(See also IID).(6) Kraftfahrwesen (Motor Transport)This section takes care of motor transportation for men andmaterials, the actual task itself being performed by NSKK -Transportkorps SPEER and Transportflotte SKIES. (See also IIFb).(7) Nachriohtenwesen (Signals Communication)This is not always an independent section within theadministration of a unit. Sometimes it forms a sub-section withinanother main section. Thus, for example, Nachricht ens-re sen formeda sub-section within the section Verwaltung in OBL CHERBOURG,within the section Technik in the OBL ST.HALO and within thesection Nachschub in the Einaatz Seefalke (EG- It alien).(See also IIPo).(8) Sanitatswesen (Medioal Services)Medical conditions in a unit are taken care of by thissection. It <strong>com</strong>prises medioal personnel consisting of physicians,dentists, orderlies and nurses. (See also IIFd).(9) SS.Verbindungafuhrung (SS Liaison)EveryOT unit from Amt Bau-OTZ down to an OBL has a representativeof the SS to serve as security and political controlofficer. More specifically the tasks of an SS-Verbindungsftthrer- u
(SS Liaison Officer) are the following: guarding againstsabotage, political crimes and other transgressions, checkingon German and foreign personnel; issuing of permits and passes ofall types; keeping a card index of all OT personnel and of SScounter-intelligence operatives and tracking down fugitive workers,this l&st by means of the Schutzkomnandos (SK: Security GuardUnits). (See also IIFo).(10 to 12) The Personalaoteilung (Personnel Section).Arbeitseinsatz und Sozialpolitik (Manpower Allocation andSocial Policy sections) and Kultur, Presse und Propaganda(Education, Press and Propaganda; are found only in the highestechelons, namely Amt Bau OTZ and in Einsatzgruppen. On lowerlevels such as Oberbauleitungen, the above matters are parceledout to subsections within the sections Frontffinning and Verwaltung«The lowest construction units, fran a B a uleitung down, havea very restricted administrative organization oomposed of atechnical staff which takes care of construction and, if they aresufficiently important, a deputy Frontf flhrer. (See also IBS, IIB,HIE, Chart 9 and Tables, I, II and V).43• Einsatzgruppe West (EGW)B. Chain of Command and HQ SectionsThe procedure for the planning and construction of largeprojects of a military nature in the EGW up to June 192|4 was asfollows: After strategic policy had been decided upon by theGerman Supreme Command, the execution was entrusted to theCommander in Chief of Army Group West, who in turn oalled in theChief of corresponding OT sector (Einsatzgruppe) as his executiveengineer. Thus, in the case of the Atlantic Wall, General ELeldMarshal VOW RUNDSTEDT was responsible for the project on the basisof plans as evolved by Oberbaudirektor WEISS, Chief of the TodtOrganization in the West and Chief Engineer on RUNDSTEDT'smilitary staff. In the planning of so large a projeot as thebuilding of the Atlantio Wall, it can naturally be assumed thatHITIER, SFEER and other high functionaries showed varying degreesof professional interest, SPEER and his staff, for example,concentrated on standardisation methods and constructionspecifications. The experience gained in the building of theWest Wall was used in the selection and standardisation of thebest type of fortifications for a particular terrain down to thasmallest detail. This procedure simplified immensely both theplanning and the estimating of material requirements. MoreoverWEISS had at his disposal, beside his own staff, a special liaisonstaff of Army Portress Engineers, and the Engineers from the staffof Army Group West. The blueprints were then sent to OTZ BERLINfor approval, normally given as a routine procedure provided theplans did not depart radically from the original conception of theSupreme Command of the Armed Forces.The Army exercised control through periodio inspections, firsthy Lt-General of Engineers SCHMETZER, Inspector of Gratifications inthe West, and then by General of Engineers, Alfred JACOB tteInspector General of Fortifications. Similar control for Naval andAir Force installations was exercised by the. Uavy and Air Force HiflhCommands. Finally General Field Marshal ROMMEL inspected theentire Atlantic Wall in the capacity of Inspector General ofIn the exercise of this function, ROMMEL, like SPEER wasresponsible only to HITIER.
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- Page 25 and 26: In case of Allied landings. In the
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- Page 39 and 40: with the Wehrmacht and with civil a
- Page 41 and 42: which do the actual work. This is o
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Sc^al 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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Chef de¥iflitfSItverwaltung, Haupt
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corresponding in area to the DHL's.
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ij Feldpoli^ei (commonly abbreviate
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erNSKK Verbindungsf&hrer des Transp
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, _ .-^^-^^-^sson of aDienstbuch (P
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ar T—all phases of OT operation.
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B. Classicioation of Personnela) Ge
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Control during working hours - unde
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ii . Betriebsftihrer (Finn Manager)
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C; Training.129. Military Training.
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Russians also received this trainin
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NCO in OT - Dienst Unifom wearing M
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Dr. Pritz Todt Ehrennadel in Gold (
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(v)the same*In December 1944, howev
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"IT "BT •CTGefcaltsgruppe I. 2 On
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Up to this point OT tariffs affecti
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a|t|jr^|| h l^fcers are paid accord
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ftfonthlv Einsatz Pav forMarried Wo
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IpecTaj regulations affecting OT pa
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MANPOWERA. General Manpower Statist
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x» , ~«^«u u*^ of 1942, irregula
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The nuSKF'Wf s&lfeifrms 1 is estima
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equally urgent rSeP^^irniShing Germ
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Orders had come through to class ev
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The Gorman Feldkommandanturen who w
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Baltic Manpower179* Proportion and
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