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Extracts from a speech to provincial leaders concerning the utilization of workers and prisoners of war in the war effort
NMT 2
Authors
Albert Speer (Minister for Armament and War Production)
Albert Speer
German architect, Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany (1905-1981)
- Born: 1905-03-19 (Mannheim) (country: Germany)
- Died: 1981-09-01 (London)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: architect; autobiographer; engineer; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (series ordinal: 474481)
- Member of: Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant); Milch Trial (date: 1945-10-18; role: witness)
- Military branch: Schutzstaffel
Date: 24 February 1942
Literal Title: Translation of excerpt of Speech of Min. Speer on 24. Febr. 1942 to the Gauleiter meeting.
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: PS-1435
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 11
Document Book No: Prosecution 1
Citations: NMT 2 (page 55), NMT 2 (page 597), NMT 2 (page 1837)
HLSL Item No.: 2925
Trial Issues
Forced labor and mistreatment of workers in war economy (IMT, NMT 2) Prisoners of war, abuse, forced labor, or killing of (IMT, NMT 2, 5, 12)
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-1435: Secret Speech of Speer to the Gauleiters
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-1435: Extract from a secret speech by Speer at a meeting of Gauleiter on 24 february 1942 in Munich: employment of prisoners of war in armament industries
Doc Book Tables of Contents
PS-1435: February 24, 1942. Speech of Speer to Gauleiters.