Archival History:

La documentación ingresa en el Archivo General de la Administración por transferencia del Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social

Biography / Administrative history:

The Inter-Ministerial Commission for the Dispatch of Workers to Germany (CIPETA) was created by the decree issued on September 3, 1941, and published on the 5th of the same month.

We can take the Placement Office at the Syndicalist National Headquarters as forerunners of the work that the commission would take over though they would continue to be involved afterwards in different aspects, such as the recruitment of workers.

The commission was the result of the Spanish-German agreement for the employment of Spanish workers in Germany on August 21 in 1941. It was arranged in Berlin by the

National Union Representative of the FET (Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx) and the JONS (Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive) as well as by the National Chief of the German Labor Front and then signed in Madrid by different ministry representatives of the Francoist and Nazi dictatorships.

This organization becomes a permanent commission for the dispatch of Spanish workers to Germany and it would consist of the following members:

The President, appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Technical Secretary, appointed by the Ministry of Labour; a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Military, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce and Labour; and of the National Office of Trade Unions inside the FET and the JONS, as well as of a mixed commission inside the Technical Secretariat that would include members from the Spanish National Office of Trade Union together with personnel from the German Ministry of Labour and the German Reich's Labour Front.

The first expeditions departed on November 24 in 1941, under the responsibility of the Special Office for the Inspection and Guardianship of the Spanish Workers (also known simply as the Special Office). This entity would make sure the expeditions came through and would support the Spanish workers in German territory. This, in turn, was included in the Central Inspectorate for the Protection of Foreign Workers, which was connected to the General Commissioner for the Use of Labor and the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF). Additionally, the Territorial Headquarters of the German Falange managed the various connections between the companies responsible for hiring the workers and the camps where they would be transferred to and reside.

With the end of World War II and the control of the German zone under the supervision of the Allies, a large part of the treaties and agreements were broken. Among them, the aforementioned German-Spanish agreement of 1941, which originated the interministerial commission, putting its work to an end. This became evident on November 30, 1950, when Martín Artajo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, informed the Allies about the list of agreements that Spain wished to renew. This request did not include the agreements and treaties signed during Nazi Germany. Nonetheless, some continuity was attempted with the labor attaché's office at the Bonn Embassy in the newly created Federal Republic of Germany. This entity, that was dedicated to labor exchange, was also in charge of implementing what had been agreed on January 25, 1952, with the Agreement between the Spanish State and the Federal Republic of Germany on the exchange of producers.

Although this position was finally occupied by Luis Enrique Sorribes Peris, whose role was related to the FET and the JONS, Martín Artajo wanted to send Felipe Lázaro Marjil, former representative of the Vertical Trade Union in the Special Delegation of Spanish Workers in Germany and, therefore, strongly linked to the previous work of the interministerial commission.

Acquisition method:

TRANSFER

Notes on the acquisition:

Los Registros Generales de Entrada indican las fechas 1988-05-16 y 1991-07-18.

Acquisition date:

1991-07-18

Original Reference Number:

RGE 908, 16-05-1988 RGE 981, 18-07-1991

Name of the creator(s):

España. Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (1981-1996)

Scope and Content:

The documentation is divided into various subdivisions differentiated by subjects and services performed by the commission, such as the sections on General Affairs, Public Order and Transport, as well as the sections on Technical Services, Administration, Intervention and Accounting, on the Secretary's Office, Insurance and Transfers. In addition, we can find documentation outside these divisions, such as the agreements of the commission itself, files on the dispatch of workers and their profiles, personnel appointments or bank legitimization

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Image accessibility condition:

Images/documents have no access restrictions

Language and Scripts:

Alemán (Alfabeto latino), Español (Alfabeto latino). 

Description Indices:

Alemania

Comisión Interministerial para el Envío de Trabajadores a Alemania (España)

Emigrantes

España. Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (1981-1996)

Finding Aids:

Relación de Entrega de la CIPETA, Dirección General de Empleo y Dirección General de Trabajo del Ministerio de Trabajo ( 1922-1968)

Relación de Entrega de la Dirección General de Promoción Social del Ministerio de Trabajo (1939-1968)

Publication Notes:

BAEZA SANJUÁN, R. (2000). Agregados laborales y acción exterior de la Organización Sindical Española. Un conato de diplomacia paralela (1950- 1961). Madrid: Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales.
GARCÍA PÉREZ, R. (1988). El envío de trabajadores españoles a Alemania durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Hispania, XLVIII, nº 170, pp.1031-1065.
HEINE, H. (2006). El envío de trabajadores españoles a la Alemania nazi 1941-1945. Migraciones y exilios, nº 7, pp. 9-26.
SANZ DÍAZ, C. (2005). España y la República Federal de Alemania (1949-1966). Política, economía y emigración entre la Guerra Fría y la distensión. [Tesis doctoral, Universidad Complutense de Madrid]. E-Prints Complutense. https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/7245/
SIMÓ SÁNCHEZ, M. (2018). La Memòria de l'Holocaust a l'Estat Espanyol. Des d'una perspectiva sociològica i una perspectiva histórica. [Tesis doctoral, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]. Dipòsit digital de documents de la UAB. https://ddd.uab.cat/record/202188
RODRÍGUEZ JIMÉNEZ, J. L. (2002). Los esclavos españoles de Hitler. Planeta.
Agregaduría laboral de la embajada de España en Bonn, Los trabajadores españoles en Alemania. Información, estadísticas, gráficos, 1967, 83 pp.

Photography Style:

B/N_en

Photography Genre:

Retrato_en

Additional Information:

Algunas fotografías tamaño carnet que acompañan a expedientes personales.