14th.3.1942.
Machine Building Workshop 8 through Mr. KOCH
To:
Mr. HUPE
Re: Employment of Russians.
During the last few days we have established that the food for the Russians employed here is so miserable that the people are getting weaker from day to day. .
Investigations showed that single Russians are not able to place a piece of metal for turning into position, for instance, because of lack of physical strength. The same conditions exist at all places of work, where Russians are employed.
If it can not be seen to, that the feeding is changed in such a way that a normal output can be demanded from these people, then the employment of these people, with the necessary expense connected thereto, has been in vain; I do not think it is worth while employing any more Russians, from whom I cannot expect any results in production, although they are sent to me as productive workers.
I expect that the same conditions prevail inside all the other works. It would only be right if you via the firm take steps to clear up this matter. , .
[signature illegible] « .
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Letter to Dr. Hupe concerning the malnutrition of Russian workers
Authors
Date: 14 March 1942
Literal Title: Re: Employment of Russians.
Defendant: Erhard Milch
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: D-316
Citations: NMT 2 (page 55), NMT 2 (page 114), NMT 2 (page 597), NMT 2 (page 1839)
HLSL Item No.: 2926
Notes:The letter is not signed; the transcript (p. 114) states it came from the Krupp Works at Essen.
Trial Issues
Deportation or expulsion of civilian populations from occupied territories… Forced labor and mistreatment of workers in war economy (IMT, NMT 2)
Document Summary
D-316: March 14, 1942. Memorandum to Mr. Hupe concerning employment of Russians.