in the East--which called for the construction of settlements, camps and supply depots in the newly conquered territories--would require "a construction volume of between 20 and 30 billion Reichsmark" and 175,000 prisoners. Under Kammler's proposal, these prisoners would have formed 4,800 man labor detachments that could move between construction sites.

These plans had to be revised in 1942 when the German armaments industry began to demand more labor. As