From Vol. 38-1

Gauleiter meeting 24 Febr. 1942. Munich

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I am grateful to fact that, also Party member Dr. Todt, in January, personally ordered the complete stoppage of work on his Reichsautobahnen as well as released all specialists and German Workers for the railroad construction in the East and his PWs for the armament industry.

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I therefore proposed to the Fuehrer at the end of December that all my labor force, including specialists, be released for mass employment in the East.

Subsequently the remaining PW's about 10,000, were put at disposal of the armaments industry by me.