Some help collecting files so I can archive them?

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I want to archive and then ruminate on a series of documents and reports that are incredibly dry and unexciting in nature, but, in my opinion are of paramount importance.

These documents are;

• BArch NS 19, NS 4, or RMfRuK files

• Wirtschaftsprüfamt audit trails

• Surviving Bauleitung Ost reports

I need these materials for research purposes.

My German isn't super great, but, I know somebody if I catch a snag.

I will get my spade out and start shoveling. I will see what I can find. If I hit pay dirt, I will post it here.

Thank you for your time.

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Some Ost stuffs, I still need to parse it;

https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... -0_9015200

A link to how to view BArch NS 19. It appears to be controlled. I'm having trouble sourcing a downloadable copy.

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502157

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https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... t/82361698

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NOTICE

Card index recording of names
from folders of the department "Factual Documents"

Info. Folder No.: 152./Org. Todt No.: 27

Remarks:
Names occurring indexed for the main card file

Date: 17.1.1986

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https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... t/82361699

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OT Task Group Hansa, cover letter dated 18.5.1945, 323-324- List of the construction managements, Task Group Hansa, 1-2

Overview maps of the Task Group Hansa -Construction organization plan "Friesenwall" Operation "Rhein" - Construction facilities of the Luftwaffe in the area of the OT Construction Management East-Hannover, 3-12

Organizational plan of the OT Construction Management East-Hannover-North - Location: Lübberstedt as of 1.3.1945, 14–15

OT Task Group Russia-South, dated 17.7.1943
- Regarding: Social expenditures, 17‐18

Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production, dated 19.7.1944 - Regarding: Structure of the OT Task Group in the East, 19-21

OT Task Group Caucasus, dated 8.2.1943 - Regarding: Structure of the Caucasus Task Group 23

OT Task Group Russia-South - Regarding: Supply of Polish workers, 25-27

Main Department for Labor Deployment, dated 24.6.1943 - Regarding: Lists of individual companies, 28

General OT circulars, 29

Note regarding: Reich recruitment here: Provision of 4,000 workers for bridge construction - Kertsch program, 31

OT Task Group Russia-South, dated 20.8.1943 -Regarding: Work and personnel IDs for Russian workers, Sunday leave, 32–33

OT Task Group Russia-South, Special Operation Seefalke - Memorandum about the visit of Professor Brugmann and a team on 24.10.1943 in Berislaw, 35–36

OT Task Group Russia-South, dated 14.9.1943 - Operation order No. 242 - Regarding: Fleeing of local auxiliary workers, 37

OT Task Group Russia-South, dated 8.6.1943 - Regarding: Local workers, 38

Report on labor deployment - Total labor status as of 9.2.1944, 40–41

OT Task Group Russia-South, dated 3.5.1943 - Regarding: Personnel, company, and construction team directories, 42–43

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https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... t/82361700

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Albert Speer, Chief of the OT, dated 26.2.1943 - Regarding: Integration of OT Task Group Jakob in the area of Army Groups Süd and A into OT Task Group Russia South, 45-50

OT Task Group Russia South, dated 27.4.1943 - Regarding: Command relationship for the Kertsch operation, 51

OT Task Group Russia South, dated 30.6.1943 - Regarding: Integration of OT Task Group Jakob and OT Task Group Caucasus into OT Task Group Russia South, 52-53

OT Task Group Russia South, dated 16.7.1943 - Regarding: OT operations in the area of the Commander of the Kertsch Road, 54-55

OT Task Group South, dated 17.6.1943 - Material requirement list for the Kertsch operation, 56-58

OT Task Group Russia South, dated 7.8.1943 - Regarding: Use of Russian foremen, 59

Russian labor camps - OT Operation Kertsch –l- Locations and relationships, 60

OT Task Group Russia South, dated 7.8.1943 - Regarding: Designation of camps, camp cards, and registration system, 61-62

OT Task Group Russia South, dated 13.9.1943 -Regarding: Report of leaders and troops for transport columns, 63

OT Task Group Russia South, dated 3.6.1943 – Directory of OT units stationed in Kertsch, columns and companies - Addendum to directory dated 5.6.1943, 65-68

OT Headquarters, dated 11.6.1943 - Regarding: Construction Management Gertis, 69

OT Construction Management Presolana, dated 13.11.1944 - Regarding: Assignment of an administrative staff member, 72

Assessment of foreman Timmermann by the OT Main Office Verona, 73

OT Construction Management Presolana, dated 5.10.1944 - Regarding: Withdrawal of the Italian protection command from the Alpine outpost, 74

OT Construction Management Vilminore, dated 9.9.1944 - Regarding: Laundry money, 75

OT Construction Management Arosas Stützbach, dated 25.7.1944 - Regarding: In service of the Luftwaffe soldiers stationed there, 76

OT Site Management Tessin, letter dated 19.6.(44) - Regarding: Transfer of personnel, 77

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https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... t/82361701

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OT Site Management Tessin I, dated 15.3.1944 - Regarding: Personnel order, 78

Relocation of offices, 80

OT Task Group Italy, dated 21.3.1944 - Regarding: Work for the Italian Army, 81

OT Site Management I, dated 23.12.1944 - Memo regarding: Reschenbahn, 82

OT Construction Management Gallarate, dated 1.2.1944 - Regarding: Service book and ID cards, 84

OT Radio Station Varese, Sirmione, dated 17.3.1944 - Regarding: Service ID cards, 85

OT Site Management Tessin I, March 1944 - Regarding: Issuance of ID cards, 86

Command of the Airfield Sector 18/XI, dated 11.3.1944 - Regarding: Military service support for Lieutenant Kube, 87

OT Task Group Italy, dated 8.3.1944 - Regarding: Personnel of the special OT command of the Luftwaffe in Braunschweig, 88-89

OT Task Group Italy, dated 28.2.1944 - Regarding: Drafting of Hubert RAINER, 90

OT Task Group Italy, dated 4.2.1944 - Regarding: Light picture in Soldbuch (military pay book), 91

OT Task Group Italy, dated 1.2.1944 - Regarding: Registration of Italian language mediators, 92

OT Operation West, dated 25.1.1944 - Regarding: Establishment of its own legal and disciplinary office within the OT Task Group Italy, 93

OT Task Group Italy, dated 11.1.1944 - Regarding: Disciplinary subordination of Luftwaffe personnel assigned to OT, 94

OT Task Group Italy, dated 23.5.1944 - Regarding: Reorganization of Italian workers, 96

OT Site Management Tessin I, dated 19.5.1944 - Regarding: OT convalescent home, 97

OT Task Group Italy, dated 3.2.1944 - Regarding: Withholding and payment of wage tax, 98-101

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https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... t/82361702

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Table of Contents (page-4)

OT Central Office, March 31, 1944
Subject: Departure of the Eastern Workers
Pages, 102-103

OT-Supervisory Office Tessin, April 22, 1944
Command Order No. 14/44
Pages, 105-106

Commissioner General of the German Wehrmacht in Italy, November 18, 1944
Subject: Note on the German-Italian Agreement from December 12, 1944, in Bellagio
Pages, 108-111

List of German and Italian Representatives
Pages, 112-113

German-Italian Agreement on the Deployment of Italian Workers in Germany
Pages, 114-125

Labor Agreement for Italian Industrial Workers
Based on the German-Italian Agreement of December 12, 1944
Pages, 126-130

Labor Agreement for Italian Agricultural Workers
Based on the German-Italian Agreement of December 12, 1944
Pages, 131-135

Labor Agreement for Italian Workers and Administrative Staff
Based on the German-Italian Agreement of December 12, 1944
Pages, 136-140

Regulations Regarding Position, Task, and Responsibility
For the Italian Non-Agricultural Labor Organization in Germany
Based on the German-Italian Agreement of December 12, 1944
Pages, 141-151

Guidelines for the Establishment of Italian Labor Liaison Offices
Based on the German-Italian Agreement of December 12, 1944
Pages, 152-155

Explanations and Additional Arrangements on the German-Italian Agreement
Regarding the Deployment of Italian Workers in Germany
Pages, 156-164

Chairman of the German Delegation, December 12, 1944
Subject: Passenger Facilities
Page, 165

Protocol on the Agreement for Unemployment Benefits
June 20, 1939
Pages, 166-173

The Reich Leader, Letter of December 12, 1944
Subject: Extension Organization for Italian Agricultural Workers in Germany
Pages, 174-175

• German-Italian Agreement on Social Insurance
December 12, 1944
Pages 176-181

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https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... t/82361703

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Table of Contents (page 5)

Additional Protocol to the German-Italian Agreement on Social Insurance
Pages, 182-184

Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministero degli Esteri, Cadenabbia, November 6, 1944
Page, 185

OT-Einsatzgruppe Alps and Italy List of Operations, Supervisory Duties, etc.
Page, 187

Supervisory Office Legnano, April 10, 1943
Subject: Prisoner Release
Page, 189

Supervisory Office I, October 29, 1944
Travel Report on Field Service for the Building of Presolana
Page, 190

Supervisory Office I, November 6, 1944
Subject: Conversation with Front Leader Mössler on November 5, 1944
Page, 191

Note regarding: Employment of Fa. Bergoni and Isola, Darfo, for Inspection
Page, 192

Note regarding: Work Deployment in Spondini, Transfer of Himalayan Time by the Firma Suda Bozen, Front Supervision
Pages, 193-195

Supervisory Office Tessin I, July 1, 1944
Subject: Soldiers' Service in Italy
Pages, 196-199

Overview Plan of the Road Construction Project
Supervisory Office Adria - North
Pages, 201-204

Supervisory Office I Spondini, March 18, 1945
Subject: Requirements for Accommodation Equipment
Page, 206

Note regarding: Discussion with the Kreisleiter on Accommodation Questions for Building Supervision in Ried on March 12, 1945
Pages, 207-209

Army Command
Wehrmacht, April 4, 1945
Subject: Authority of the Accommodation Regulations of the Wehrmacht
Pages, 210-215

Supervisory Office I Spondini, March 5, 1945
Subject: Inquiry from Pilz on Front Leader Regarding Accommodation for Building Sites on February 28, 1945
Page, 216

Supervisory Office I, February 23, 1945
Setup of the Building Supervision next to Lager and Dormitory according to February 23, 1945 report
Page, 217

Supervisory Office I, February 23, 1945
Note regarding the Allocation of Laborers for the Section of Nauders
Page, 218

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https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... t/82361704

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OT - Chief Construction Management I, 20.02.1945
File Note regarding Special Action Hay and Straw
Pages: 219

File Note, 18.02.1946, regarding the assignment of workers to the southern ramp
Pages: 221

Letter, 16.02.1945, regarding workers of the company Comense
Pages: 222-223

OT - Construction Management Reschen - South, 16.02.1945
Regarding: Work assignments for the Reschen - South construction management
Pages: 224-225

Letter, 23.02.1945, for the OT - Chief Construction Management I Spodini
Pages: 226

OT - Deployment Group Alps VIII, 22.02.1945
Regarding: Company Peduzzi
Pages: 227-228

The Chief Commissioner, Work Area XX, 15.02.1945
Regarding: Company Peduzzi
Pages: 229

OT - Chief Construction Management I Spodini, 26.02.1945
File Note
Regarding: Italian workers for the Reschenbahn (Reschen railway)
Pages: 230-231

Spodini, 18.02.1945, File Note
Regarding: Use of Italian "Minenreue" workers from the area of the Mana - Passes
Pages: 233

OT - Deployment Group Alps and North Tirol, Spodini
Construction reports and work status reports
Pages: 235-242

OT - Construction Management Nauders, 08.03.1945
Regarding: Report on construction progress, workers, and equipment
Pages: 243

Report of the Chief Commissioner
Overview of completed and in-progress construction projects
Pages: 244-247

OT - Deployment Group Alps and Italy, Labor Deployment and Social Policy, Wage Reports
Pages: 248-250

Plans, regarding: Boundaries of the OT construction management in the Oberbaulleitung area of Tessin I
Pages: 252-255

Organizational plan of the Chief Construction Management Alarich
Pages: 257

OT - Deployment Group Italy, Deployment Seafalke, 31.12.1943
Service Order
Regarding: Deployment of Italian workers
Pages: 258

OT - Deployment Group Italy, Deployment Seafalke, 30.12.1943
Service Order
Regarding: Collection of Italian laborers
Pages: 259

OT - Deployment Group Italy, Deployment Seafalke, 28.12.1943
Note
Regarding: Deployment of Italian workers from the Graziani action
Pages: 260-262

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https://collections.arolsen-archives.or ... t/82361705

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OT Operation Seafalcon as of 31.12.1943
Regarding escort personnel for transports of Italian workers: 263

OT Operation Seafalcon as of 31.12.1943
Directive - Labor deployment of Italian Grazzini workers: 264-268

OT Operation Group Italy Labor deployment and social policy as of 20.12.1943
Regarding excerpt from the regulations of the Italian Ministry of the Interior for the population as of 9.10.1943: 269

OT Operation Group Italy as of 13.12.1943
Regarding penal provisions for Italians: 270

The Commanding General, Commander in the Air Force XXVIII as of 3.11.1943
Regarding penal provisions for Italians: 271-272

Regulations of the Italian Ministry of the Interior for the population as of 9.10.1943: 273-274

Memo as of 17.12.1943
Regarding measures for discussing labor discipline: 275-277

OT Operation Group Italy Legal and Disciplinary Office as of 13.12.1943
Regarding penal provisions for Italians: 278

OT Senior Construction Management Theoderich as of 15.12.1943
Regarding personnel requirements: 279-280

Plan of the OT Operation Group Italy Senior Construction Management Theoderich, Status: 11.12.1943: 281-282

Memo Regarding workers who work at different job sites: 283

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For clarity and continuity, I am looking for and through these documents as part of my 'where'd they go' research project.

I am interested in these contemporary sources in an effort to resolve an image of operation in the east, specifically with regard to distribution of labor and the overlap with the camp system.

In an effort to determine the last known of the missing jews, I feel it is important to figure out how many of them were provided to various labor organizations in civic works and munitions manufacturing and what their ultimate disposition was.

Part of the reason for this is that we know that there were labor camps of various sizes beyond the Reinhardt camps further east. From documentation, we know that official German State Policy was for jews to be transited east, and we know these camps existed.

I want to know how they were managed, and which umbrella or bucket they fell under. To do this, I need to look at who was in charge of what.

Looking at NS-19 would provide me a window into SS camp operations and lead me in to requesting further documentation in the form of memoranda and I would be able to resolve my search better with who and what date I was looking.

With the Organization Todt stuff, which i still need to finish going through, I'm hoping to form a profile of workers and their location and from that to determine who came from the concentration and labor camp system, who was jewish, where they went, and where they ended up. It doesn't appear that from this one collection i will be able to do that, however, it should be useful for letting me know who managed what when and where and from there i can basically check their mail and see if they talk about this particular in any of their exchanges.

With NS-4 I'm hoping to suss out any 'ghost population' in the labor force that isn't officially referred to or acknowledged, because, after all, a man's gotta eat.

If you are reading this, thank you for your time.

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Good luck with your research!

You should consider that we are primarily not looking for Jews fit for heavy forced labour. We are actually seeking those considered unfit for heavy work.

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So I've read Hans. I don't suppose you know where I can put eyes on NS-19 other than to, you know, go to Europe, or to the district of Columbia, do you? How about the wartime provisioning documents? Any ideas where to look? You aware of any audits of the system, internal audits?

Documentation.

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So I've read Hans. I don't suppose you know where I can put eyes on NS-19 other than to, you know, go to Europe, or to the district of Columbia, do you? How about the wartime provisioning documents? Any ideas where to look? You aware of any audits of the system, internal audits?

Documentation.

NS 19 is freely accessible as digital images via the Bundesarchiv:

https://invenio.bundesarchiv.de/

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Well, thank ya kindly, not just for linking to NS-19, but, for linking that file tree. Much appreciated.

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A reminder of the open access sources directory. You'll see I listed the NARA OT collection but this has almost nothing from the east, whereas the Bundesarchiv R 50 I OT collection is only at the opening stages of digitisation, the Arolsen Archives copies are the most useful.
https://holocaustcontroversies.blogspot ... s-and.html

Keyword searching for Ostgebiete would highlight among other collections R 6 for the Ostministerium (with NARA T454 more complete), also they finally uploaded most of R 94 Reichskommissariat Ukraine. Then one could find more in the Ukrainian archive collections copied and uploaded at USHMM for the RKU. The economics records for Wirtschaftsstab Ost and subordinate offices (Bundesarchiv RW 31) have probably the most "cross references" on labour employment

As background, the following published history of WiStab Ost is one of the best bets for understanding the overall contours, it is a 1944 internal history with extensive appendices of statistics. Jewish forced labour is mentioned only really in connection with the Estonian oil shale fields, the labourers for this project (under OT direction) were held in Konzentrationslager Vaivara and came from the Wilno ghetto in September 1943, so were not otherwise missing.

https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~d ... index.html

Müller, Rolf-Dieter (ed), Die Deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik in den besetzten sowjetischen Gebieten 1941-1943. Der Abschlussbericht der Wirtschaftsstab Ost und Aufzeichnungen eines Angehörigen das Wirtschaftskommandos Kiew. Boppard am Rhein, 1991

The link above has a 'download' link top right, this is the one to use to download the entire book
https://download.digitale-sammlungen.de ... 41954&nr=1

The statistical tables should help hammer in the 3-4 army group areas alongside the RKs Ostland and Ukraine. One needs to understand the populations - of the Baltic states, of Army Group North's rear area, and the other axes in Belarus-Russia and Ukraine-southern Russia - to understand the dimensions of labour and food.