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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• Publication Date: February 11, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. liire7Wriortno-Oleviecim area im located. on the southeastern edge of the Silooian
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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.
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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
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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