The labor authorities, the RSHA Arbeitskreis, complained that many firms viewed these former Soviet civilian workers as "civilian prisoners", treated them accordingly, and paid no wages at all to them.
Otoritas pekerja, RSHA Arbeitskreits, menyatakan bahwa banyak perusahaan memandang para bekas pekerja sipil Soviet ini sebagai "tahanan sipil" dan memperlakukan mereka sebagai tahanan sipil, yaitu tanpa gaji.