EXTRACTS FROM HISTORY OF GERMAN ARMAMENT INSPECTORATE A (PARIS AND NORTHWEST FRANCE) PART II, 1 OCTOBER 1940- 31 DECEMBER 1941.

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~xtvct rl'Qm "f tQr' o QQun r nt n p~ctQratO A (~'i and
NQrthw~ t Fr n Y~ Pert III . tQb 19 31, Pe eiii r 1914,
ifl e 19lei, tb n ~~ctQrat RI~Mb1 tgciudcQ !/hP MUtrj a tla !
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Areg, Ant, a Ot& a (thee o- i'tr t t r iron LA ofl,
1~``~~p*t i~ts' qoi J ni and tnc1udi 24#j13 q 1cm), ur , Orue, 6c1nc-
hf: a~ ~!~ St
~nrertcur~ , Cr~i.va , Hwhe (
4 a ure~et"L?ir~; Char, pert of Lint, part of
compr t~i ~ag t~, ` ~ q ~~
l trpet*Ch r (thee dour admirxtstered ;from OrieoaM and eml ractrg
In tCth1ti' L91, orderu to Fvench i'irzn in thin area zu~ounted to
Grmin Arz 413,300,000 heichamark
t~
Oerct t4rwy i83,OO,OOO
Oerinttz Air Force 3'(i,900,000 "
G:ruo1r Ad iniatZsttion. 41 3C4,O H
Orman Private Ftrui ~ ~7 D-0 ~-
T'otLL1 1, fl7, x'00, 0000 Reichsmark
This loco not lr-r1uth Qr 1Cre to powder d explosives plants Which
were iven out by the Wi hue Stab (Economic Arm rnerat Staff).
Crdera from 4ermazs firms covered rnainly~ fine~mechanicai turbing,
milizir th'iiiing, and gear cutti work; automatie and turret work;
~
tiro and w work, ~ not facture of forged tic cast pants; proccsi~ing of
~.ldin~
meac~ures std cimpie machine partEi.
Ai productian incxeaeed, shortages of ray moteriai arid d productiaf
ed. Coal wad is constant bottleneck, The Inspectorate
material develop
ailed cozatrole in order to regulate care material.
instituted dot
lY, in articular, reeuired urgent measures r The demand for
Power supp p
ei,ectricity ana gas increaued not only through increased. production at
thye pJ,antia, but also throu the necessitated cbemge from heat/ fuel oil
to ersatz i'ue1s, etich as gas. For example, in October 1941, the deman
wer exceeded the December 1940 demand by 8,0000 cubic meters
l`nr po
o f as and 5, 0,000 kilowattMhours of e1ectricitYe
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Until Qetober J1e1., the gee su 1y cvrreepou~ed ri~ug y fit the
'~
eu~-p1
~,he ~ctQb?r rate Qf gue
dew. In NQVQJnber and Uece 1e1 9 i
wu cut by 10 percent, ' a~ French Yti~B
noe~eeit g
rdored druieat pragr"flh In December
defaneo production is favor Qt the q
1Ut~ 446~d due t0 luck Qt water.
i.9~t, power f~'O* b3iArve1eeb1icul p
a
eu ardor to prevent
Power pluq~te had Duly a i day` pp1Y of CO. alIn a
e 1 u ~ oduo ~~va vaaatlo~"
Purthor decreeue and to ensure a JenuarY upp y1 'pZ'was ordezed from 21 December i9+1 to i4 JtnuarY 19+2, i.e., any :ouch.
ra x
works was to be done. which did sot quire ueo at power . On1 excoptiona
were Gael m1ne6 end very few QthOr ublic intereet euterprlaee end
s p
unit ent centers.
until the end of 1941 did not quite meet expectationa,
II' production
the reaeone are m nitalds
abund,ufCU in abtich materials were tined
1. After a ohort period of
wj,thout reatriotiana , a a bort8C 0?' ruw mi terials aid production meant
sit in which x equired chafea aad imports frQm the 1~eich, reguiri
addit rolli~ stack Band del?ying delivery dates,
~.oaial
2. Praductian conditions in France ure 1088 favorable the in
leas streamlined, lees concentrated, less
Gez'rnany. French industry is
d and less equipped for maseccoduCtion than the Oerman.
plarme,
hate removal o? goads in short supply, particularly
3. lncLtscrimii
raw materials, of machine and other tools to Germany immediately after
roth2ctive capacity of the French industry.
the truce weakened the p
Sometimes macbinery and raw materials had to be returned or reordered
with long delivery dates.
tiaras decreased the productive capacity
14, Unfavorable living candi
of the French workers. but despite inadequate food supply and enemy'
..
propaganda through radio, punpfiletse and whisper campaigns, their
capacity is still satisfactory.
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'oz, n orders for war material plaeed with the Fronch ~ m i nt
inth ti't' w~'e tatted ac ordt to the political 1tu~tlon &n the
lntereet of the iah 1n thalr tu1flliment. Production and export of
all Ruman1 n o-rdeze w approved. Wax m ter1+~1 in production Qr
Croece anduvalavla inciudin advance payaeate an it y these cowtriea
wan ca '1ec~ted u~ war booty. A oma11 arms ant quota sae eo 3ccd@d to
Finland and Sweden. Matins orders for optics]. equipment were turned
down becauoe the industry v e fu11y occupied with German orders,
4ROR in Armament Eoter rinse
The enterprls a a nlctere by the Inspectorate included
on 1 Oct L0 about 65,000 inex
on 1 Jan 1+1 about 83,2O men
on 1 Apr 1~1 about 171,710 mon
on 1 Jun 41 about 203,700 men (diotrict enlarged)
on 1 Oct +i about 273,000 men
on 1 Dec 41 about 266,900 mo?
The hiring of French workers for Germriy was hinderod wring the report
pariod by tho negative attitude of labor, pacaive roeiatanco of man oment
and the French authorities, and especis~lly through onemy px"opa ar~da. In
the beginning, certain organizational ohortcomingo contributed too, such
as difficultios in transmittal of money, mai1, otc. A~ t'irat only
unemployed could be hired, but during the aeconcl half of 19141, the
hiring of employed workers increased steadily. Thic wao cauoe8 mainly
through the favorable repoxta or xeturni acid vacationing French workers.
From the area of the Inspectorate about 72,000 workers had accepted iork
in Qerm.ny toward the end of 19I1, as compared with about 21,000 toward
the end of 1910.
Toward the end of 19111, the administered enterprises occasioiaa11y
suffered from a ahortage of oki11ed labor, caused by ever?increaeing
relocations of plants from Germany. The 0KW requested increased prochuotion
with ndclitioxml skilled labor and simultaneously an increase in the hiring
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o~ ldbor ~o' Gong Wrqut w' hrdr to
could ~t
~$ta
,tedby the fact th~t ~econd ~
Zncr~~ad pxoduct~o~ was ~~ ou
obv1, What br?u~b up th? 4uc~tt
c-nizod due t lack o ~kiUrcd ]
be or
ootxa~
er tec paid b r the OrSani~at~of
h w
Iurn~ 19)3~4dd
~, tho ~~ Frouch
cd a labor shorttc ou the dQmcctic
Oct construction a~toc cau~
~1ubor markat.
workers ~ wagon bas become m0rc prey in in
The p2?obi@L1 off' Frencb
increas?~o ordered by the French
view of ri~in~ ~ivira costs S Wig
ace Frith the ihcreasin8 jhflation'
g,Qyert1aacut did not pearly keep p
e safcguarc~s o~ the Orman arufl
One of the best and deciaiv
the decreasing food supplY wa+~ the
atential in France in view o!
p
the arm'ament pluntU. Deitvery of
ektabiiahment of plant kitchenu in
ve etablCs , potataee ) depended on the
,~ad~,tianai foo d (meat, fat, ~
lahts' A specis~ isicentive for tbc
orgdni?ation o~ kitchens by the p
the fact tkiat the 1-ilitarY 0ommandar
estab1ichmQn't of such kitchens waa e
ass kitchens large quaritities of captor
of F~ac-ce made aYa~.lab~e to th
atfcolate, canned milkr etc. Until
food such ao 1egumee, race, coffee,
about the midd~.e of ;I~q+l~, supply of these p
there existed
food ~tQS entirely ae~,uatei almost lavish. On 30 June 94l,
- - ut 6~ ~oQ out of a total cif g~, 000
~.i6 kitchens pxoviding meals for abo f
rya a ~t Brat met by new rr~gt1atio?s ,
worl~er~ ~ the i~acreas~~ Food ab~ ~ ~
finally called for partic~,p~tion of the vorker8 thacough contribution of
their meet and fat rations. M ter inciPien~ j~'ficultic~, the number
ee a increased further, A~ the end.
f articipants in pleat kitchen
op
ate included 265 punt kitcheUs which
of 1941, the area of the lnspectOr
took care of 124,O00 wort ere out of 169,000. COAL at 19141 w
entiful, but as the winter of 1940 to
was f ~,rst ~~ -
and fox' coal increased ac the French compa~`
long and severer the .em
roductioc-~
began to operate again, and coal mining remained far behind prewar p
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GQa rat v i wu i trQ UQ~d:t 'Flee coal u1iQC tiQf Qr the ZnepectQr~te
fQr AprU 1941 i itad to ,OOO tangy, ?O' Augustff19k1 only 33,200
toes, despite the sect that the area Qp the nepectorate had nieanwhile
increased. Toward the and a X9., _the coal shortage became ~- real
emer ener and Var the last ten d~y~ Q ` December a "production vacation"
~
Thud a eQal ehortat? bed n to be Celt Burin the lr~t rsnthe o 9 .
include, all 1ar~e euterpriaes, cons tituU total o? 95 percent of
the moat ),y utLxut demand, were orderod to chtage to other fuels. In
August 1941 thlu change had, in general, been comipletcd.
In the Spring of 1941, about 7 peiceat o ail azut-cone d dnte2 Wives,
Reavy fuel oil (mazut) been to get aearee toward the end oL' 194a.
had to be ordered.
SAW M ' R1A shortages devolopQd quickly. Since January 19le1, the
removal of raw naaterLal vat r?guIated. But in geptei bcr, ht which time
compla3.ntf3 about metal r vLi were paascd On to the Wi Rue Stab,
complaints _otill kept coming in.
Since September 1941, rather largo quantities of stee1 from Germany
had been arriving.
Military Cam nder. against the black market caused the ces ation of such
these offers could not be taken seriously anyho4. Strong manures by the
prices, however, were much too high for anent calculations. Some of
of the y'ear', attracted numerous offers from the black market. These
In October 1941, iron/ and cement became very scarce. Allocations
for expansiQn construction were restricted to urgent cases. A great
taany planned projects had to be abandQncd.
During the last quarter of 1941, shortages developed in new Melds
such as paper, and even the procurement of bicycles and bicycle tires
for workers.
Since November 1941, difficultieB had increased in the procurement
a' chemicals. New regu1atian$ for chetmicalt and pmts were issued
toward the end of November.
The rar material shortage, which increased heavily toward the middle
offers.
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T 1AN8iONTATION ~uncti?hcd wci1, cap c dco w~? ulwa s ~dc uatc
;
Trancpa tcd tv ac ny w';
Oct 19+Q ? 31 cc i91+C t4Z' ?&el I1achin~ oolu, motoru, cte
6i a!i?adu off' yaw uateria1u (6,633 tone)
10 trucks ~ot machine too1c
13 trucks o1 rav rnate'ialu (95 tone)
I J 1941 ? 31 D X941 6,215 carloads (66,931 tone
5I+ trucku
(3
1i41 ?tonu )
The anti-Qe'man attitude o the French civt1? n population Bti i`ened duo
to incroauing propaganda, mainly by the Communiut Party, the d?paau11e
movcment, and English radio broadcaata? DuVcnuive meauureu were expanded
and loopholeu t1irainated, ouch au guarda being recs.Ied by troop unite
without the Inup~ctorat? being notified, thuu giving Frenchin~n acceur to
nrdc objet, lack o ideati ieation coatro1, t?
Compariuon of the ar+~a a the Ira?pectorato' with others in occupied
Franec c Nt'br o ' Adtiniu tcrcd ante riaeu
Inaectorate A 564
_. N1I
Pt 'Fl
~
.
C i66
1ota-1 917
Crder~ in Mi11iQn Neichsmar
Itigpectorate A 1J2.14
'1 B 519,7 22,1
Is C
Total 2,354.5 100.0
S "4
Labor Force of Adminiate~ed Inter riueu
Ictorate A_, 6
62,073 i6.8
H C 1. ?1j14 _662 Total 369,72 100,0
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