MAP AND DESCRIPTION OF THE JAWORZNO-OSWIECIM AREA/INDUSTRY/DETAILED DESCRIPTION WITH THREE SKETCHES OF THE LAKLADY CHEMICALS OSWIECIM W BUDOWIE (ZCHO)--CHEMISTRY PLANT/ORGANIZATION/PRODUCTION/ADMINISTRATION/WAGES/MILITARY LABOR UNITS.

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April 26, 2001
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February 11, 1955
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REPORT
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COUNTRY SUBJECT Approved For Release 26/015/11W !!dlthkENCY-00926A00760051.0005-9 CONFIENTIAL Poland illIMIZETittIncalintrsrxxx CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT se iptOn of the6Javorz A4e l'ig Prodac n PLACE ACQU I R (BY SOURCE) DATE ACQUIRED (BY SOURCE) DATE (OF INFO. 25X1C Osvlec Jolt THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AT ECTING-THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHINTHEMEANING Of TITLE IC SECTIONS 71111 AND 794. OF THE U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVS. LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT SY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS T T RPR..T F THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1A DATE DISTR.:// /=e-i6 NO. OF PAGES 14 NO. OF ENCLS. SUPP. TO REPORT NO. PART A LOCATION 1. liire7Wriortno-Oleviecim area im located. on the southeastern edge of the Silooian DISTRIBUTION ? STATE U.S. Officials Only CONFTDENTTAL 3) /7? Fl Y NAVY AIR FBI ORR EV I This report is for the Use within the USA of the Tntelligence components of the Departments or Agencies indicated above. It is not to be transmitted overseas without' the concurrence of the originating office through the tisistant Dire,,Itor of the Once of Conectjori and Dissemination, CIA. Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00926A007600510005-9 '46r"tt)proved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00926A007600510005-9 Page 2 25X1A CONFIDENTIAL/US OFFICIALS ONLY coal basin. In pre-World War II, Polish Silesia, this area was always considered as one of Usser industrial significance, ranking at that time, far behind Upper Silesia and Debrowdki-Silesia. At that tim6'industrial investments were concentrate:, only near Jawo;n8Tnd consisted nearly exclusively of 400,. wines. 2. "Thts picture was abruptly modified during World War II when Oswiecim was selected by the German Occupation authorities as the site for the construction of the LEUNA AND BMA Silesian branches. 2r_lic7 Then production of synthetic gasoline and synthetic rubber first appeared in this area and coal-excavation was expanded. 3. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT "After the liar, two h?steain power plants were constructed near Jaworzno which added a new important a1d vital industrial element to this area. THE LEGEND 4. 11.87.1epared a map of the ja zno-OswieciM area down to a scale of 1: 25,000. [-Source's map is on file in CIA lbp Library.7 The following legend applies: NO: OBJECT: LOCATION 'BEMIRES ON PLAN: 1 "Zaklady Chemiczne H,j,K,L,M Oswiecim yr budowiel in 18,19,20 g*detailed description see all Art B of his report showing it Je?;,:,,it...ot Oswiecim structure and its production scheme. Source's sketch of thio chemical elnet is on file in CIA Map Library 2 Area of the war-time D; Ey Fjp The nucleus of the later camp Vr..6 the concentration camp 18,19 _ pre-war Dorld Va:t, Ulf military 'Auschwitz' barracks in the soutyvestern ou.tskir-Ls of Oswiecim. All surrou:.aing such as: Rajsko, Zasole, Brzer,i(aa, Babica and Broszkowice were cv,IcAl-Nted and turaed into accammouations f)r the SS-brigade who were guarding the caqiya The campt,ITY-tamed for its atrocitie-7,2 setae of-tho-e, , acroi a MUSiAeUM victims Of e'ascisr4 My infoeina-1.,e who have seen it themselves stated nothing remains of the former cruelty and horror. The exterior and interior 1.,eie been arranged in such a refined aed ? orderly way that nothing gives the fl? pression of the agony and hell t'lrough which the inmates had to go. In the', respect it is not a good meAlorial 3 Oswiecim town F, GI 14,18, There were only very feu changes in tLe 19 town itself since the construction if tte huge chemical combine. The small ClA/- and button factory (k on.map), f.s sj1 in operation along with the 5 'brie's:dine (B on map) the two sawmills (0onmap) and the enlarged municipal sla.ighterhoiee (D on map). The town itself was only very slightly, damaged during the war 27kor1dliar II:7; To improve the municatiaaetween the railway stetion and the chemical combine, some of t?,e main streets in the west-east directioi were straightened ozit for which rea5ou a nuMber of houses had to be torn down, This Ireconstructiont was performed during World War II by the German oce9p- ation authorities. 4 Combine Workers' G, 18, 19 Partly built during World War II nnd Settlement merely enlarged in recent years. CONFIDENTIAL/DS OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00926A007600510005-9 Approved For Releig?20b1/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00926A0076005100CA-9iA CONFIDENTIAL/US OFFICIALS ONLY The settlement (..onaisf.s cfblo-k and was rebuilt to 15,000 inhabitant inhabitant74, Nearly ,,,?11 .f buildings up to now are in yflit-1, r,A brick structurephut I have hcd they will be plaste-od ir due The worker settlew,nt ha; It schools and 'kindergartens' IA very well-supplied--as compared vii!- the town of Osidecin--shoppIng The settlement is prF.ently asiiIE 11gh4-,Ing and cookicq T:wer only currn'c nrIX!, year g.Ie vill . fed to the apartmr!nt,;, ^ onl one b4d 204ture--the complEt,-. lac green levels, square- DUX lug the r-to. TY! t is ow, ilibs1;.12ol,".rj around 1/2 hour".% walk fr;:;-, qA1 _ bus line, and tho ^ 11,?_ Rentals charged to 1.1w. For tlat-ot 1 1/: rooms with kite,e_41 and water supply, Ve (7) zlotys Ter mort,tu. (ot7. is eight 5 *Chelmek" shoe factory J - 12 The pr-World WaT in o1and i in. t1'1 as before the Ic.;x0 civilian-type shoes of various Around 3,000 tnployed , plant vtich 1:J he3,del Directo:,7 SIKORA. The tIlt.,.el7c.ek ple.,:at is part', 1Pol3niow Zaklady OtrAti; I (0 ;x111) Soutt.A.fmn tatItiit4 TAA11.:11' rf.lt tactotLA gethe aro?and. Yi0 c6.11 61; 3 kV id. worker the; ii? factory in Otmet belongs to thLi coMbine sAd smaller factorie:-.; in K..,..:Li,e..,!:;arta Gora Landshut) Wa:1-.,r7?ye:. (former: and. Krakow (on SmolkY. str:t.,et? street and in the Rekawka subqrb) anti. the workshops only doing repairs in Sosnowiec,, .Bedsins. and Czeladz. -6 Bierut coal mine L 14 The Pre-World-War II situated on KradowslKa street t4c southern out,-skirt5 of ..lavorznoo. coal mine, like all others arcp.i.n. belongs to the Krakow Coal M. Bierut has two shafts ?Helena o9 The coal mine used to have a dect:. of meters and after the war, its dep4.2h 360 meters. From the seven proauct sections (Polish term: "-oddzial") mine, the.third and seventh are penetrated by water. In sectioL 5 fire broke out in Jan 54... As a re.ult, almost the entire section was closed and barred with sand. Presently: only in 4 few sub-sections coal is excavated. The coal veins are relatively high y3o CONFIDENTIAL/US OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00926A007600510005-9 Approved For Releasp491/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00926A00760051009AA CONFIDENTIAL/US OFFICIALS ONLY mechanical excavation methods cap well be applied, The sorting out of the coal is still done by manual labor. Baled fer the mine is brouaht_from the nearby sand pit whichealSO"Opplies the Sotlee coal mine Along With the 900 coal x4psr!,a,a employed in Bierut, 600 soldiers of itary labor ui44.44oplpv working in the mine. TO toserve its tnamet, this coal mine isunder constant pressure to fulfill its requirements. In 1953, Bierut'proe duced at least 50,000 tone of coalee,e above its planned quota,,e eee. eJee 7 Coal mine 2Karolt L - 4 In the vicinity and northeast of a Bierut coalmine. 'Karol' vas before World War II an independent pit. Now it is working as one combine with 'Bi'u.to The 'Karol' shaft in this combined work is utpd as the supply shaft and auxiliary shaft fop lift-transportation of the ceev. The geaffrom the Karol fields is trans- ported via the first oretta second of the Bierut shafts. In the coal mi .e? one military labor unit company is workine besides some hundred of civiliae coal miners. Sobieski' coal mine jo K, 5 eKosciuszko-Nowa' coal K - 3 mine Situated around two kilaaoters southwee", of Jaworzno. The mine is al-,out 200 Met0Q. deep. Like Bierut the Sobieski mine is supplying coal to the JavApreno I. obeaA poWe4plant. Sand is deliverea to the Sobieski mine from the sand pit which supplies Bierut. Both coal miaes are