ABSTRACT
Up to the end of 1941, three major factors were affecting the labor market in the G.G.: the increasing involvement of the German private sector in the various branches of commerce and industry; intensified preparations for the Barbarossa Campaign; and the Reich's need for seasonal workers. With this increased demand for laborers, recruitment was centralized in the hands of the Central Labor Department of the G.G. government, headed by Max Frauendorfer. Throughout the Generalgouvernement, 356 labor exchanges were opened—their tasks: to register the entire working population, to issue work permits, and to act as agents for the supply of manpower. All plants (including those under commissary management) were required to apply to the local labor exchange for any workers they might need. 1 The employment of Jewish workers was still in the hands of HSSuPF Krueger and his subordinates.
