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K6NIGSEERG (QBJ Elbe) KBnigsberg. Co-operates with RK KBnigsberg, Herzogsacke Kaserne. Nov. 1944* QT (OT BRANCH OFFICES) Ifordtkau Chief; Haupttruppfahror SCHENK w * Rastenburg Hotel Stadt Kfinigsberg Chief; Dipl.-Ing* SCHROEDER. N.» EINSATZGRtEEFB DEUT5CHLAND II (EGP II) Extent: (by Rflstungsinspektion) RI II, III, XX and XXI. (by Party Gau) Gau 17: Mecklenburg (II) 26: 3: 16: 4: Pommern (II) Greater Berlin (ill) Mark Brandenburg (ill ) Danzig, Westpreussen (XX) 36: Wartheland (XXI) Chief: Berlin (Offices located in Amt Bau-OTZ). Jan. 1945* History: Einsatzgruppenleiter R0SK0TH3N. EQD II was established about July 1944* It controls five OT Sinsfttze, the boundaries of which coincide respectively with those of RI II, III, XX and XXI, EIN3ATZ EQUIVAIBTT TO RI E Bxtent: Poannern and Mecklenburg, HQ: Stettin. Oo-operated with RI H, Stettin, Kraicower Landstrasse* Jan* 1943* OBL LXATIONS SSL* Chiefs talpo.it talpo.it Schwerin talpo.it Stettin Schwerin. Co-operates with RK Schwerin, Schloss strasse* Jan. 1945. Stettin* Co-operates with RK Stettin, Krakower Landstrasse* Jan. 1945* OT (OT BRANCH OFFICES) Krttckmann Strasse 12* Guestrow Haupttruppftthrer MICEELS. AUSRPSTUNGSIAGSR (EQUIHffiNT DEPOTS) -212
of the Armament Inspectorate District in whose sphere the Party Gau was wholly or partly situated. As for the administration of construction within the Gau. such as e.g. the issuing of permits for construction of a non-military "but high priority nature, or public and Party institutes, the Deputy was subordinate to both the Gauleiter and the Plenipotentiary, although primarily to the latter. On 3rd June 1944, Amt Bau and OTZ were consolidated. While the resultant agency, as to organization, follows ths lines of the Amt Bau rather than that of the OTZ, most if not all heads of its Amtsgruppen (Branches) are former OTZ departmental heads. I t can be said, therefore, that the transformation is one in name rather than fact, and that all OTZ key personnel have continued in their functions. The next step, as already mentioned above (Para 16 foot-note) accomplished by 15th July 1944, was the formation of the eight Einsatzgruppen, etc. inside Germany and the establishment of the next chain of command. The most radical feature of the latter was the elimination of the Construction Plenipotentiaries and their staffs, and the creation of four Baubeauftragte (construction deputies) for each Gau, instead of one, on the staff of the Reich Defenc3 Commissioner 1 one for civilian construction permits, one for inspection of civilian construction, one fcr air raid shelters construction, and one to act as efficiency or economy engineer. talpo.it The reorganization of the OT in Germany was thus practically completed about 15th July 1944* and HITLER'S aforementioned decree of 24th August of that year was therefore a ratification of an already existing arrangement. The change in the chain of command, eliminating the Construction Plenipotentiaries and replacing them by the Einsatzgruppenleiter as the highest regional executive authorities, subordinate only to Amt Bau-QTZ, was inevitable if duplication was to be avoided. On l6th October 1944, SFEER, empowered by HITLER'S decree, issued a series of directives defining the relative spheres of authority of the Chiefs of Einsatzgruppen, the Chiefs of Einsatze, and the Construction Deputies on the staffs of the Reich Defence Commissioners (Gauleiter). Both documents are rendered in translation at the end of this section (Paras 21 and 22). Construction agencies of the German Air Force and Navy were taken over by the OT in late summer 1944* talpo.it 20. Significance of FrOnt-OT There are strong indications that the pooling of a million men in one industry, and their sudden redistribution on a rationalized basis, disrupted the economy of those construction firms which had not been conscripted into the OT. Such a re-allotment caused resentment on the part of firms who lost employees attracted by the comparatively high wages paid by the OT. The movement of masses of OT personnel, over whom they had no control, across their administrative boundaries disturbed the Gau Labour Control officials, as well as the Gauleiters in their capacity of Defence Commissioners. A compromise was consequently effected. Zones were established, which because of their susceptibility to enemy action, were designated front zones, and the collective area was designated Front-OT. Within this area of highest construction priority, the OT has the status of a military organisation, and its personnel, M as Angehflrige (member) of the Wehrmacht", commensurate basic pay plas the extra allowances, bonuses, compensations, etc. which - with certain exceptions - OT has been uniformly paying to their personnel working in exposed areas, since January 1943* Its German personnel are called Frontarbeiter, its foreign personnel, OT Le^ionare. The Front-OT may also move its personnel across regional labour boundaries inside the Reich without interference from the Reichstreuhttnder fllr die Arbeit (Reich Labour Trustees) who are SAUCKEL's regional representatives, or from the Reich Defence Commissioners (who are also the Gauleiter). This Front OT consists of (l) the operational zones fronting the Allies in the West, and the Russians in the East; (2) heavily bombed talpo.it -21
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MIRS/MR-OT/5A5 LONDON March 19kb HA
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GE R MAN Y OT EINSATZGRUPPEN, AUTUM
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ERRATA (1) Page i, Table of Content
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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 and 44: (Chief of the Sub-section "Technica
Page 45 and 46: 11. OT Construction Activities 1942
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: The project itself cannot be accept
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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