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it should be pointed out that there were practically no OBLs inRussia and consequently no stabilised administrative HQ. CapturedRussian officers with engineering experience provided they wereideologically tractable were retained for their technical knowledge,their knowledge of Russian and their ability to handleRussian workers. Manpower was obtained simply "try stoppingconvoys of Russian prisoners of war on their way to rear and byputting them to work until relieved by the next convoy ofprisoners (This practice of impressing manpower was used not onlyby the OT but also Xy the Army engineers).Simplification and standardisation of building materials andof methods of construction have been intensified to a still higherdegree inside Germany at the present time. Any attempt atuniformity in the productive capacity of "basic" operationalsectors, such as the OBL, has, however, been definitely abandonedin the face of OT's present tasks, seventy percent of which areestimated to be of an emergency nature. For a survey of OT'spresent operational methods within the Reich, see IB16 to 18,20 and IIA32 to 39.For specific aspects of OT methods of operation, see thesection and sub-sections on Supplies (IIFa), Transport (iIFb),Construction Personnel (LLIBb), Chain of Command (IIB),Specifications (IICc), Liaison (IIG), Firms and Contracts (IH)).c) Construction Specifications.51* Standardisation of assembly parts.Standardisation - always dear to the Germans and carriedalmost to the level of a religion by the Nazis - is the keynoteof all OT construction work. The OTZ worked out certain definitespecifications for each assembly unit of a large constructionproject, (pill-boxes, shelters, gun-emplacements, and. so forth}and then allowed the individual Einsatzgruppen extreme latitudeas to how many of these standardised and partly pre-fabricatedconstruction parts were to be used and exactly where. This factaccounts for the uniformity in types of construction in, thoughnot necessarily in the disposition of, the defences on theWestwall, the Atlantic Wall, the Gothic Line and those of the east.As terrain, however, played such a large part in the Germandefensive programme, the OTZ (now Amt Bau/OTZ) wisely allowed theindividual Einsatzgruppen to execute independently special plans,"Sonderzeichungen" which were submitted to the OTZ only forratification. Thus, for instance, one particular type ofemplacement which was especially designed to meet the defensiveproblems imposed by the African terrain became known as a'Tobrukstand'. However, once the 'Tobrukstand' had been foundpractical, it was standardised and used again and again in sandyterrain. Similarly, when France fell and a great many tanks withdamaged bogie wheels and treads were captured, it occurred to theengineers working on plans for the Atlantic Wall to simply imbedthese tanks in concrete, leaving only the turret above the ground,thus providing a practical and economical emplacement with tankturret. This original form of 'pill-box' was subsequentlyircorporated into the standardised list of emplacements.This standardisation was, of course,'practical insofar as itallowed the OTZ to make a pretty accurate estimate of how muchbuilding material should be allotted to each project. For example:1 Type A emplacement needs so and so much Type B concrete(mixture also prescribed: 400 kilos or 8 sacks per cubic metre,added to 70$ sand, 3Qfo gravel, admixture 13^ water).- 51
Consequently ten lype A emplacements would need ten times the amount•In the event that unforeseen factors, such as swampy terrain, resultedin the need for more material than -was originally allotted to theparticular project, the competent OBL put in a requisition to theEG, or, in the case of strategic material, to OTZ (nowjfcnt Bau-OTZ)for additional supplies.52. Technical Data«Technical data on construction specifications are somewhat beyondthe scope of this basic hand book. The examples given below,will serve as illustration.Ref.No. German Translation. Amount of DimensionsDesignation cubic metres etcof concreteused105 Beobachtungs- O.P. 325 12m. x h-standReinforcement 8mmiron rods121 Verteidigungs- Strong 350 Reinforcement 12 mmstandmit Pan- Point foriron rods.zer Kuppel 7 officersand 32Later on, when a periodic progress sheet was drawn up,always in connection with a map, it looked somewhat like thefollowing:Map Ref. Sttitzpunkt Programme Completed Under Not yet(Strongpt.) from..to.. constr- started.uction.Sheet 39WALDAM 2 Beobachtungs- 1 x 105 1 x 1059700 (often only stUnde 105designated 3 Verteidigungs- 1 x 121 2 x 121by number) st«nde 121Information for these progress sheets was gathered at periodicintervals from the ABL f s at each OBL and sent through channels tothe Einsatz. Thence it was forwarded to Einsatzgruppe and finallyto the OTZ (now Amt Bau-OTZ) where a constant check was maintainedon all 0T work*53• Present State of Research*Research in respect to simplification and standardisation ofcomponent machine parts was intensified still further during 192*4and into 1945» At the present time, such research is directedthrough Amtsgruppe Entwicklung of the Technisches Amt (DevelopmentBranch of the Technical Bureau) of the SPEER Ministry. It is inone of the latter f s agencies that plans for reduced consumptionof strategic material and labour, as used by the 0T, are workedout on the basis of specific recommendations made by BauptauschussBau (Central Committee for Construction, see IIAb32) ofAmt Bau-0TZ»- 5?
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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
Page 11 and 12: 155» Miscellaneous Deductions and
Page 13 and 14: To-day PT is indispensable in any p
Page 15 and 16: UNCLASS13* The two "basic types 6_
Page 17 and 18: of control over its plans, which we
Page 19 and 20: OT units was that of Bautrupps (Con
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Page 23 and 24: 11. OT Construction Activities 1942
Page 25 and 26: In case of Allied landings. In the
Page 27 and 28: Factors militating against complete
Page 29 and 30: 1* Rationalization^ on a nation wid
Page 31 and 32: The project itself cannot be accept
Page 33 and 34: areas within the Reich; (3) Einsatz
Page 35 and 36: has the final responsibility for me
Page 37 and 38: Matters of policy, as decided upon
Page 39 and 40: with the Wehrmacht and with civil a
Page 41 and 42: which do the actual work. This is o
Page 43 and 44: adjacent construction sites are gro
Page 45 and 46: Amt Bau-OTZ.The second ia the auton
Page 47 and 48: are to be employed in tha execution
Page 49 and 50: "Current Organization" Bauleitung (
Page 51 and 52: Former Hauptabteilungen in OTZ have
Page 53 and 54: (SS Liaison Officer) are the follow
Page 55 and 56: y the Array for the construction of
Page 57 and 58: fortresses stretch over its entire
Page 59 and 60: (Eastern Wall) in April 1943* At on
Page 61: obviously would also have the same
Page 65 and 66: at the expense of the "private comm
Page 67 and 68: eside those of feeding and billetin
Page 69 and 70: 57* Construction Programme, Materia
Page 71 and 72: Italian firms arid the workers is c
Page 73 and 74: "The large scale construction work
Page 75 and 76: Diplom - Ingenieur "* Paul ANDORY,
Page 77 and 78: Para. 7 ~ CompensationCompensation
Page 79 and 80: Para* 16 - Text of the ContractThe
Page 81 and 82: m tag » * u »"5. For ascertaining
Page 83 and 84: - Delivery of Building MaterialThe
Page 85 and 86: prior consent of the HU. Any assign
Page 87 and 88: ecause of Allied propaganda and the
Page 89 and 90: all replacement parts of machine we
Page 91 and 92: served only as a general directive.
Page 93 and 94: The transport organizations forking
Page 95 and 96: outside the "boundaries of the Reic
Page 97 and 98: d) Health and Medical Services77. M
Page 99 and 100: tfhTheading "identifying scars or w
Page 101 and 102: example, units of the Feldgendanaer
Page 103 and 104: set up within the region of each Ar
Page 105 and 106: Scâl Festungspionier stab, (Portre
Page 107 and 108: Refer at (Sub Unit) BII1 : Hochbau,
Page 109 and 110: 2. Although the agencies are subord
Page 111 and 112: 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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, _ .-^^-^^-^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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vii,obhoer*ed. In the performance o
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were supposed to b« numbered conse
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In the autumn of 192*4, co-operatio
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with the French Betreuungftthrer me
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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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only distinguishing feature being t
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Dr. Pritz Todt Ehrennadel in Gold (
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ff f^f(b) * OT-Eigenes Personal (OT
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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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untranslated and may be checked in
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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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or.- soid(Wehrsold) G. Gouv. Russ
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or negligence:time lost because of
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^rfrom service in the OT, the worke
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MANPOWERA. General Manpower Statist
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162. FirmenangehgrJRe (OT»-Firm Pe
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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^îrniShing 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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and to a lesser_. —ii«i4lfiU&»
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