German-Russian Saatbau AG

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The German-Russian Saatbau AG ( DRUSAG ) was based in Berlin .

The corporation was founded in 1922 and existed until 1933 under German sponsorship with Soviet participation. The Soviet Union provided 7,000 hectares of agricultural land near Kropotkin in the Kuban area . DRUSAG was to test new seeds and efficient cultivation methods on an agricultural test area. About 40 agricultural experts were sent from the German side, mainly from the University of Königsberg . Well-known employee was the later Federal Minister Theodor Oberländer . From 1927 Fritz Dittloff was the on-site manager . Due to the greater economic profitability , there were disagreements with the local authorities, who accused DRUSAG of exploiting the workforce, as their collectivized areas produced significantly poorer yields. While a large-scale famine was unfolding in Ukraine, the trial area produced excellent yields. The German employees tried to alleviate the misery of the local starving population selectively, as far as they could. In 1933 the German license of DRUSAG was taken over by the Soviet Union .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthias Heeke: Journeys to the Soviets - The foreign tourism in Russia 1921-1941 (Revised thesis (doctoral)). University, Münster (Westphalia), May 2003, accessed on March 23, 2009 .
  2. ↑ Marco Carynnyk: "" Deliberate, "" diabolical "starvation" Malcolm Muggeridge on Stalin's famine. The Ukrainian Weekly, May 23, 1983, accessed March 23, 2009 .

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Scharp: German concessions in the Soviet Union 1922-1933 with special consideration of agriculture. In: Between Lübeck and Novgorod: Economy, politics and culture in the Baltic Sea region from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century; Norbert Angermann on his 60th birthday. Institute for Northeast German Cultural Work. Edited by Ortwin Pelc and Gertrud Pickhan. Inst. Nordostdt. Kulturwerk, Lüneburg 1996, ISBN 3-922296-90-4 , pp. 441-476.