Filimon Pastuschenko, Філімон Пастушенко
postcard to: Ilko Pastuschenko
Marken-Nr: 1923
address: Вінницька область, Теплицький район, [Михайлівка]; Teplyzkyj rajon, Mychajliwka - not sure here
camp: Weithönerstr. 98a, Essen; Gebrüder Stumm GmbH - Krupp Bergwerke Essen
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1943 ging die Zeche König Wilhelm mit den Schachtanlagen Wolfsbank und Christian Levin in den Besitz der Friedrich Krupp AG über.
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Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges beschäftigte Krupp Zwangsarbeiter. Aufgrund der stetigen Fluktuation ist eine Gesamtzahl nicht zu ermitteln. Der höchste Personalstand an Kriegsgefangenen und ausländischen Zivil- bzw. Zwangsarbeitern zu einem Stichtag lag am 1. Januar 1943 bei ungefähr 25.000
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Krupp in the Occupied Eastern Territories: Frustration, Failures, and the Question of Freedom
(not sure if I agree with the argument made in the article, but it reflects the involvement of Krupp and the exploitation of the occupied eastern territories - in this case, especially Ukraine.)
Krupp was involved at multiple locations in the occupied eastern territories, especially in Ukraine (…) Krupp was granted Patenschaft over several Ukrainian operations at Kramatorsk, Mariupol, and Dniepropetrovsk in the later months of 1942, with other locations granted later including an agricultural machinery factory at Berdyansk. responsible. (…) At Mariupol, Krupp was granted Patenschaft over two large metals plants (the Asow-Werke) and operated these from September 1942 to August 1943. This was the most significant presence Krupp had. (…)
Yet, Krupp was not coerced into this presence. When firms were excluded from any presence on the ground and forced to work through the BHO, Krupp was not discouraged but bided its time. When the opportunities arose during 1942 with the changing war situation and changing policies about private firms’ involvement, Krupp was active in negotiating its presence and able to ensure that it was placed in control of significant industrial operations. It was useful to Krupp because the occupied eastern territories could potentially be useful and staking a place there during the war might help, and it allowed Krupp to fulfil Reich wartime demands in a way that would no require it to make significant investments and raise the threat of overextension in peacetime. It was also encouraged by Reich incentives to move or start production by specific policies and by the geographic location. Krupp’s presence was a willing choice, but it was a choice made in a restricted environment (…)