“2. Recruiting of Italian labor to the number of 1,500,000; of these—1 million at the rate of 250,000 per month from January to April and 500,000 from May to December;
“3. Recruiting of 1 million French workers at equal monthly rates from 1 February to 31 December 1944 (approximately 91,000 per month);
“4. Recruiting of 250,000 workers from Belgium;
“5. Recruiting of 250,000 workers from the Netherlands.”
I abstain from quoting since the other paragraphs concern the Eastern European countries.
The Tribunal has seen that France was called upon to furnish a large contingent of workers. After the 15th of January, Sauckel went to Paris to dictate his demands to the French authorities.
The fourth Sauckel action consisted of two distinct measures: The adoption of the procedure known as the combing of industries, and the publication of the law of 1 February 1944, which widened the sphere of application of compulsory labor. The system of combing the industries led the labor administration to carry out direct recruiting in the industrial enterprises. Mixed Franco-German commissions were set up in each country. They determined the percentage of workers to be deported. They proceeded to requisition and transfer them.