Organisation Todt was the organization in Germany for large scale construction work. The organization was named after its founder Dr. Fritz Todt and was taken over by Albert Speer after Todt's death in a plane crash in 1942. By 1944, the organization employed almost 1,400,000 persons, including over a million foreign workers and prisoners of war. The organization worked on coastal fortifications and the large missle and plane works at Nordhausen.
Below are thumbnails of an identity card dated August 19, 1943, issued to a foreign worker employed by the Organisation Todt. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Document 1" in the left frame to return.
Below are thumbnails of a temporary ID card issued by Organisation Todt at the Harz mountain location where the V-1 and V-2 rocket program was conducted. The ID was issued on March 13, 1945, at the very end of the war. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Document 2" in the left frame to return.
