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"Matter for Chief"
2 copies
first copy to files la second copy to General Schubert
May 2, 1941
Memorandum
About the result of today's discussion with the State Secretaries about Barbarossa
1. The war can only be continued if all armed forces are fed by Russia in the third year of war.
2. There is no doubt that as a result many millions of people will be starved to death if we take out of the country the things necessary for us.
3. The seizure and shipping away of oil seeds, oil cakes, are most important, grain is only secondary. The armed forces will probably consume the fat and meat which are on hand.
4. Only those branches of industry are allowed to resume work which are engaged in fields of shortages, for instance:
The factories manufacturing means of transportation.
The factories in the general field of supply (iron).
The textile workers.
Only such armament factories in whose fields a shortage exists in Germany.
Establishment of repair centers for the troops naturally to a large extent.
5. Special troops, perhaps the Reich Labor-Service or reserve formations of the army, must be provided in order to guarantee the security in the vast areas between the main roads.
It is necessary to find out the most important areas which
must therefore be protected. ^
[initialed] v.G.
Memorandum on the economic consequences of the invasion of the Soviet Union (Barbarossa), including the starvation of "many millions of people" there as the Germans remove resources
Date: 02 May 1942
Literal Title: Memorandum About the result of to-day['s] discussion with the State Secretaries about Barbarossa.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2718
HLSL Item No.: 450621
Notes:Another copy of PS 2718 was entered in the trial as exhibit 32 on 26 November 1945. The memo is initialled by "v.G.," who is not identified.
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) IMT count 2: crimes against peace (wars of aggression) (IMT) Wars of aggression
Document Summary
PS-2718: File memorandum on a conference of under-secretaries, 2 May 1941: in the third year of the war, food for all the German armed forces must be obtained from Russia; that means starvation for millions of Russians; measures for securing the desired result
PS-2718: Notice dated 2 May 1941 covering a discussion with the State Secretaries regarding Barbarossa (Attack on Russia).