Draft
dietary standards for Soviet prisoners of war in Germany
doing light work (based on the meeting
in the office of Ministerialdirigent Dr. Klaussen on 27 November 1941
at the Reich Ministry for Nutrition and Agriculture)
Weekly rate in grams | Total annual requirement in tons per | Daily rate | |||||
100,000 persons | 500,000 persons | Grams | Calories | Proteins in grams | Pure fats in grams | ||
Bread (mixture): Rye bran, sugar beet bagasse, | 1550 | ||||||
straw | 2050 | 14800 | 74000 | 4071 | 1001 | 26,0 | 4,3 |
Meat 1) | 250 | 1300 | 6500 | 35,8 | 34 | 5.1 | 1,4 |
Fats | 130 | 680 | 3400 | 18,6 | 141 | 0,8 | 14,7 |
Concentrates | 150 | 780 | 3900 | 21,4 | 77 | 1,6 | 0,5 |
of which 75% cereals | 1420 | 7100 | |||||
Preserved milk | 2330 | 12100 | 60500 | 333 | 141 | 11,7 | 0,3 |
Sugar | 70 | 365 | 1825 | 10,0 | 41 | - | - |
Potatoes | 3000 | 15600 | 70000 | 429,0 | 397 | 7,3 | - |
Turnip | 16500 | 85000 | 430000 | 2330,0 | 735 | 5,6 | - |
Vegetables | 1125 | 5850 | 29250 | 160,0 | 60 | 0,3 | 3,5 |
Cabbage | 275 | 1430 | 7150 | 39,3 | 10 | 0,1 | 0,5 |
Total | 2540 | 58,5 | 25,2 | ||||
1) One kilo of horse meat or poor quality meat contains 950 calories, 39 grams of fat, 142 grams of protein. |
Draft
dietary standards for Soviet prisoners of war in Germany
doing light work (based on the meeting
in the office of Ministerialdirigent Dr. Klaussen on 27 November 1941
at the Reich Ministry for Nutrition and Agriculture)
Weekly rate in grams | Total annual requirement in tons per | Daily rate | |||||
100,000 persons | 500,000 persons | Grams | Calories | Proteins in grams | Pure fats in grams | ||
Bread (mixture): Rye bran, sugar beet bagasse, | 1550 | ||||||
straw | 2050 | 14800 | 74000 | 4071 | 1001 | 26,0 | 4,3 |
Meat 1) | 250 | 1300 | 6500 | 35,8 | 34 | 5.1 | 1,4 |
Fats | 130 | 680 | 3400 | 18,6 | 141 | 0,8 | 14,7 |
Concentrates | 150 | 780 | 3900 | 21,4 | 77 | 1,6 | 0,5 |
of which 75% cereals | 1420 | 7100 | |||||
Preserved milk | 2330 | 12100 | 60500 | 333 | 141 | 11,7 | 0,3 |
Sugar | 70 | 365 | 1825 | 10,0 | 41 | - | - |
Potatoes | 3000 | 15600 | 70000 | 429,0 | 397 | 7,3 | - |
Turnip | 16500 | 85000 | 430000 | 2330,0 | 735 | 5,6 | - |
Vegetables | 1125 | 5850 | 29250 | 160,0 | 60 | 0,3 | 3,5 |
Cabbage | 275 | 1430 | 7150 | 39,3 | 10 | 0,1 | 0,5 |
Total | 2540 | 58,5 | 25,2 | ||||
1) One kilo of horse meat or poor quality meat contains 950 calories, 39 grams of fat, 142 grams of protein. |
From the order of the head of POWs affairs of military district VIII on use of firearms when Soviet prisoners of war are guarded
Breslavl, 7 November 1941
…there is an increasing number of incidents when guards on duty simply shoot Soviet prisoners of war at the slightest provocation.
Recent reports on disease-related mortality among the Soviet prisoners of war show a rate so high that no every incident of breach of orders should be regarded as consequences of malicious intent and disobedience but often as a result of weakness and apathy caused by poor health.
Head of the work team is personally responsible for thorough briefing of subordinate soldiers on the issue of using weapons against prisoners of war. In case of a breach of order or disobedience the guard is first to use the butt-end and bayonet, and if this is of avail – then use firearms...
As instructed by
Major
SARF, collection 7021, register 148, folder 214, p. 41
Translation from German
Berlin, 2 February 1942
Copy from a copy
Chief of Order Police
1-g-1а No. 74/42
Subject: on branding of Soviet prisoners of war.
I am forwarding the below copy of the decree of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces dated January 16, 1942, Az 2f 24.73 POWs Department (1-а) 539/42 – In addition to my instruction as of 5/1-1942.
Supreme Command 1-а-1-а (1) No. 127/41 (g)
By order of, Schpake
True copy [signature]
Copy from a copy
Supreme Command of the Armed Forces Berlin Schöneberg 16/1- 1942 Az 2f 24.73 POWs Department (1-а) 539/42.
Subject: on branding of Soviet prisoners of war.
Since in case of attempted flight Soviet prisoners of war drop their identification signs and thus make it impossible to recognize them as POWs, especially Soviet POWs, the following decree is issued.
Every Soviet POW must be branded with silver nitrate on the inner part of the left forearm.
Chief of Supreme Command of the Armed Forces
[signature]
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Riga, 8 March 1942
Chief of Order Police
to “Ostland” dep. 1-а 13.08.
Copy for information
Instruction of Chief of Order Police as of 5/1 1942.
Supreme Command 1 g-а/1 No. 124-41 (g) was forwarded with my instruction on 7 January 1942.
Lieutenant colonel Müller, Order Police on behalf by order of Chief of Police.
Berlin, 2 February 1942
Copy from a copy
Chief of Order Police
1-g-1а No. 74/42
Subject: on branding of Soviet prisoners of war.
I am forwarding the below copy of the decree of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces dated January 16, 1942, Az 2f 24.73 POWs Department (1-а) 539/42 – In addition to my instruction as of 5/1-1942.
Supreme Command 1-а-1-а (1) No. 127/41 (g)
By order of, Schpake
True copy [signature]
Copy from a copy
Supreme Command of the Armed Forces Berlin Schöneberg 16/1- 1942 Az 2f 24.73 POWs Department (1-а) 539/42.
Subject: on branding of Soviet prisoners of war.
Since in case of attempted flight Soviet prisoners of war drop their identification signs and thus make it impossible to recognize them as POWs, especially Soviet POWs, the following decree is issued.
Every Soviet POW must be branded with silver nitrate on the inner part of the left forearm.
Chief of Supreme Command of the Armed Forces
[signature]
-------------------------------------------
Riga, 8 March 1942
Chief of Order Police
to “Ostland” dep. 1-а 13.08.
Copy for information
Instruction of Chief of Order Police as of 5/1 1942.
Supreme Command 1 g-а/1 No. 124-41 (g) was forwarded with my instruction on 7 January 1942.
Lieutenant colonel Müller, Order Police on behalf by order of Chief of Police.
Keitel’s order on detachment of prisoners of war to work in the German coal mining industry
General Headquarters of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, 8 July 1943.
On 7 July, for the purposes of the extended program of cast iron and steel production the Führer ordered to ensure at all costs that the necessary quantity of coal be mined and for this end the lack in labor force be supplemented by prisoners of war.
Führer orders that the following measures aimed at providing the coal mining industry with 300 thousand additional workers be taken instantly:
For the purpose of reporting to the Führer the Head of POWs Department reports to me every ten days about the implementation status – first report due on 25 July 1943 on the situation as of 20 July 1943
SARF, collection 7445, register 2, folder 142, pp. 79‒80.
Translation from German
Keitel’s order on detachment of prisoners of war to work in the German coal mining industry
General Headquarters of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, 8 July 1943.
On 7 July, for the purposes of the extended program of cast iron and steel production the Führer ordered to ensure at all costs that the necessary quantity of coal be mined and for this end the lack in labor force be supplemented by prisoners of war.
Führer orders that the following measures aimed at providing the coal mining industry with 300 thousand additional workers be taken instantly:
For the purpose of reporting to the Führer the Head of POWs Department reports to me every ten days about the implementation status – first report due on 25 July 1943 on the situation as of 20 July 1943
SARF, collection 7445, register 2, folder 142, pp. 79‒80.
Translation from German