The Little Diary: July 9th, 1999
Philipp Holzmann Ltd.
The Headquarters of the Führer in the New Chancellery. The links between Philipp Holzmann Ltd. the SS, the Wehrmacht and the Organisation Todt expanded throughout the War.

They reached a climax in 1944-45. Concentration Camp prisoners had to work in near inhuman conditions on nearly all the company's construction sites. The 'Total Building Campaign' was a result of declaring 'Total War'.

9th July 1999:
In an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Philipp Holzmann Ltd. admits its widespread use of forced labour during the 'Third Reich'.
     
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