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26 June 1944

Summary

Order to transfer the SS construction brigade and dispensable Organisation Todt personnel to the mainland.

Location Details

Channel Islands; French mainland

Diary Entry

26 June 1944 Order to transfer construction personnel to the mainland

Editorial note: This records an order; it does not establish that the transfer had already taken place.

On the orders of Armed Forces High Command, the 1st SS Construction Brigade and all Organisation Todt personnel who can be spared are to be transferred from the Channel Islands to the mainland. Army headquarters informs LXXIV Army Corps accordingly.

Original source image — T-312 Roll 1564, PDF page 372. Order to transfer construction personnel to the mainland.

Source of Information 

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1564. T312_R1564_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, extract 29. Seventh Army war diary. Source PDF page 372. PDF page numbers count from the first page of T312-1564.pdf, not the photographed frame or handwritten folio.

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