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11 March 1944
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The Reich Ministry of Aviation decides to relocate the Genshagen aeroengine factory to a gypsum mine near Obrigheim am Neckar. The measure, codenamed "Goldfish" carried out by the SS observing strictest secrecy, was the first transfer of a Daimler-Benz plant to an underground site. On 21 March 500 forced labourers begin construction work in Obrigheim.
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December 1944
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The number of foreign workers employed at Daimler-Benz AG factories, many of them forced labourers, reaches a peak of about 27,000. Some 10,500 prisoners of war and concentration camp detainees must be added to this figure. Foreign workers and concentration camp prisoners thus account for around 50 % of the overall workforce.
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