Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/290644 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (VSWG) [ISSN:] 2365-2136 [Volume:] 111 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 35-65
Publisher: 
Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart
Abstract (Translated): 
One of the Wehrmacht's main goals in the Caucasus were the oil fields. A special unit for the Caucasus operation was the "Technische Brigade Mineralöl" (Mineral Oil Technical Brigade). The large volume of surviving files from the TBM allows us to glean new insights into the German prisoner of war system at the brigade level. The treatment of the Soviet petroleum specialists is an absolute exception in the German POW system regarding Soviet POWs. The article traces the reasons for this at the intersection of ideology and pragmatism. The files, when viewed as a whole, enable us to make statements about the TBM POWs over the course of their existence. Furthermore, the special treatment of petroleum specialists is contextualized within the broader military-economic environment of the Wehrmacht.
Subjects: 
Soviet POWs
Army Group A
Technische Brigade Mineralöl
Caucasus
petroleumindustry
military economy
Case Blue
forced labor
occupation
JEL: 
H56
L71
N44
N94
Q34
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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