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Extent: J . EII6AIZGKUPPE KJttJKASUS KRASNODAR. 2/3/43 Chief; Einsatzgruppenleiter Landesbaurat ADAM 28 Nov. 1+2. History Baustab SEEER was originally active in thi s area. TOUT'S death in Feb. 191+2, SPEER succeeded TODT, incorporated his Baustab SPEER into the OT. The under it s control included Einsatz KEKTSCH before Extent: BALKAN© Upon and area latter 1 s transfer t o EG Bussland Sttd. Einsatz OBL TEREK. ( = OT BBL Ertl , earlier name) SOU0H-EASTERN EUROPE K. EINSATZGRUPPE talpo.it Einsatzgruppenleiter Dipl. Ing. VOGL. As Einsatzgruppenleiter of EG Sadost, VOGL is ipso facto General-Ingenieur of the Balkans. History: 1. OBL Belgrad RBR Riedl BL Savebrtlcke-Topeider Ing.Sterzl BL Silobau-Banat Ing. Aussner BL Rakovica Dipl. Ing. Schraninie BL Korlace Ing. Thuner BL Nische Obering. Gootz BL Raska Ing. Worlitschek talpo.it 2. OBL Skoplje Dipl. Ing. Huth BL. 1 Ing. Volks BL 2 Dipl. ing. Schebesch BL 3 Ing. Tischler BL 4 Ing. Stieraert 3. OBL Bor BL Bergbau BL Industriebau BL Ostrampe-Strasse BL Westrampe. BL Scheitelstrecke BL Schluchtstrecke BL Ostrampe-Bahnbau Leitstelle Paracin ORBR Burger Dipl. Ing. Eberlein Dipl. Ing. Sera Dipl. ing. Dir. Markl. Ing. Hoffmann Dipl. Ing. Zeisberger Dipl. Ing. Kunath Obering. Nowak Meierhttfer 4. OBL Agram BL Mostar BL Varazdin Leitstelle Sarajewo Leitstelle St. Brod Leitstelle Bukarest Leitstelle Galatz RBR Brade HBR Gruber Dipl. Ing. Sorg. Evers Petric Ing. Deutges Leitstelle Pressburg RBR Silvester talpo.it OBL Saloniki Dipl. Ing. Seeger BL Sttd RBR Dr. Ing. Knorlein ABL Eisenbahnbrucken Bmstr. Mortl. Wafdos Ing. Weigand -263 the
11. OT Construction Activities 1942 - 1943 As to the OT's activities from May 1942 to autumn 1943* broadly speaking, they were concerned with defensive construction, e.g. the Atlantic Wall in the West, the Ost-Wall in the £ast, coastal fortifications in Norway and Jutland, and with the beginning of underground installations in Germany proper. Diversion of OT personnel and equipment from the above activities to the repair of Allied air raid damage in Western Europe including G-ermany proper (Einsatz Ruhrgebiet) began in the summer of 1943 and had reached the culminating point by the spring of 1944• 12. OT in the West before D-Day The intensity of Allied air-raids in the winter and spring of 1943/44 caused a series of re-adjustments in OT activities in the West, particularly in NW France. Related in chronological order, these re-adjustments form a pattern of OT operation under pressure. I t not only provides a documented record of the OT's activities in anticipation of D-day; at the same time i t may be assumed to hold good, in general, in regard to its present operations in Germany. talpo.it First of all, as a reaction to increased Allied bombing, the SPEER Stab fCLr die Ruhr (SPEER Special Staff for the Ruhr Area under DipL Ing. SANDER with HQ at ESSEN), was established in July 1943 in order to co-ordinate the activities of the agencies engaged in rescue, salvage, repair and reconstruction work in the Ruhr and Rhine valleys. Besides the OT, the Wehrmacht, the DAP (German Labour Front) and Industry were represented on this staff. OT's task was "to adjust its resources to individual conditions". As part of this "adjustment", an QT Bergnann Kbmpanie (Miners* Company) was created and incorporated in the QT. Einsatz Ruhrgebiet (OT Einsatz Ruhr Area). Its function was to use the skill and experience of its personnel in rescuing people and salvaging property after air-raids. Its members belonged to the OT, but their wages continued to be paid by the mine owners. They were housed in barracks and kept almost continuously on the alert. They came from all parts of Germany, mostly, however, from the Rhineland and Westphalia. In most mining districts, each mine had to release one man of its rescue service to work wit ft the OT. Previously these men had been part of the Selbstschutz (Civilian Self-protection Organisation). A report dated January 1944, mentioned the OT Bergungsregiment aPiSflb (Rescue and Salvage Regiment SPEER) which was formed late in 19439 and talpo.it which worked first in the Ruhr District and subsequently in bomb- damaged locations throughout the Reich. Consisting almost exclusively of German personnel, it used equipment especially developed for reconstruction and salvage operations and was also equipped with steam-shovels, derricks, dredges, etc. At present, the OT in the Ruhr and Rhine valleys continues to carry out these tasks. Manpower for the OT in these bomb saturated areas of the Reich is obtained from prisoner of war personnel in Germany, especially Russian. talpo.it In work of a technical and strategic nature, such as repairs to communications systems in large cities, OT skilled personnel is under the over-all direction of the Technische Nothilfe, or TENO, (Technical Baergency Corps). Members of TENO, while at work directing repairs for the resumption of normal activities, are at the same time on the alert for signs of sabotage and incipient uprisings. In January 1944* an order prescribed that employees of OT firms be organised into training units for rifle and pistol practice. The units were termed Wehr- und Ausbildungsgemeinschaften (Defence and Training Units), and elaborate regulations concerning their training programme were laid down. The programme, however, fell through, mainly owing to lack of fit personnel.
Page 1 and 2: IR5/f!lR-0T/5/4S talpo.it talpo.it
Page 3 and 4: MIRS/MR-OT/5A5 LONDON March 19kb HA
Page 5 and 6: GE R MAN Y OT EINSATZGRUPPEN, AUTUM
Page 7 and 8: ERRATA (1) Page i, Table of Content
Page 9 and 10: TABLE OP CONTENTS (See also LIST OP
Page 11 and 12: aining (paras 129-332) pp. 135-137
Page 13 and 14: 4a. OrganizSferiy %f Sfciw t>T& ^ ^
Page 15 and 16: VIb OT Manpower Data: Labour Conscr
Page 17 and 18: 35. "Current Organization" Einsatz
Page 19 and 20: 94* Political Liaison, German Agenc
Page 21 and 22: 155» Miscellaneous Deductions and
Page 23 and 24: FOREWORD Just as an OT construction
Page 25 and 26: To-day PT is indispensable in any p
Page 27 and 28: BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE ORGANISATION
Page 29 and 30: UNCLASS 13* The two "basic types 6_
Page 31 and 32: 1. Definition PART I HISTORY OF THE
Page 33 and 34: of control over its plans, which we
Page 35 and 36: 3 months after the annexation of Au
Page 37 and 38: OT units was that of Bautrupps (Con
Page 39 and 40: Generalinspektor far das Strassenwe
Page 41 and 42: __ n be committed to work by order
Page 43: (Chief of the Sub-section "Technica
Page 47 and 48: Persistent bombings of Prance by th
Page 49 and 50: In case of Allied landings. In the
Page 51 and 52: was responsible. Repair work could
Page 53 and 54: Factors militating against complete
Page 55 and 56: personnel to Germans remains at lea
Page 57 and 58: 1* Rationalization^ on a nation wid
Page 59 and 60: .•* (Construction Sites), in this
Page 61 and 62: The project itself cannot be accept
Page 63 and 64: of the Armament Inspectorate Distri
Page 65 and 66: areas within the Reich; (3) Einsatz
Page 67 and 68: Construction of 24th Augu-st 1944 (
Page 69 and 70: has the final responsibility for me
Page 71 and 72: PART n ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION
Page 73 and 74: Matters of policy, as decided upon
Page 75 and 76: egional differences in structure, T
Page 77 and 78: with the Wehrmacht and with civil a
Page 79 and 80: designate any area "committed" to O
Page 81 and 82: which do the actual work. This is o
Page 83 and 84: and to the tine schedule as laid do
Page 85 and 86: adjacent construction sites are gro
Page 87 and 88: Note: For the organizational struct
Page 89 and 90: Amt Bau-OTZ. The second ia the auto

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