Moreover, because of the order dated 27 January 1943 requiring everybody to register, the following numbers of men and women were made available:
| Men | Women | Total | |
| February | 14,594 | 163,012 | 177,606 |
| March | 45,606 | 494,931 | 540,537 |
| April | 19,315 | 269,374 | 288,689 |
| May | 11,405 | 186,683 | 198,168 |
| ——— | ———— | ———— | |
| Total | 91,000 | 1,114,000 | 1,205,000 |
Of these approximately 800,000 are available only for less than 48 hours of work per week.
Altogether, German war industry during the first 5 months of 1943 recruited more than 2,000,000 laborers.
Furthermore, negotiations resulted in agreements and regulations on the following points: Wage control and increased production in the various European territories especially in France, which enabled us to keep wages in the occupied European territories on a reasonable level, to stabilize living conditions of foreign laborers working for Germany in spite of the difficult conditions of war, to increase production by means of wage control in these territories. These measures were carried out in agreement with industrial and farming authorities as well as with the Commissioner of the Reich for the control of prices.
Heil!
Your obedient and faithful
Signed: Sauckel
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 437-PS
[Extract from report of Hans Frank to Hitler re situation in Poland, dated 19 June 1943—Pages 10 and 11.]
In the course of time, a series of measures or of consequences of the German rule have led to a substantial deterioration of the attitude of the entire Polish people in the General Gouvernment. These measures have affected either individual professions or the entire population and frequently also—often with crushing severity—the fate of individuals.
Among these are in particular: