Hitlers Slaves Life Stories of Forced Labourers in Nazi-Occupied Europe by Alexander von Plato, Almut Leh, Christoph Thonfeld , Berghahn Books

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Berghahn Books Hitlers Slaves Life Stories of Forced Labourers in Nazi-Occupied Europe by Alexander von Plato, Almut Leh, Christoph Thonfeld

During World War II at least 13.5 million people were employed as forced labourers in Germany and across the territories occupied by the German Reich. Most came from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldavia, the Baltic countries, France, Poland and Italy. Among them were 8.4 million civilians working for private companies and public agencies in industry, administration and agriculture. In addition, there were 4.6 million prisoners of war and 1.7 million concentration camp prisoners who were either subjected to forced labour in concentration or similar camps or were 'rented out' or sold by the SS. While there are numerous publications on forced labour in National Socialist Germany during World War II, this publication combines a historical account of events with the biographies and memories of former forced labourers from twenty-seven countries, offering a comparative international perspective._x000D_ Table of contents : - _x000D_ Remembrance, Responsibility and Future_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Foreword by the Board of Directors of the Foundation_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Acknowledgements_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ PART I_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Editors' Introduction_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ PART II_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 1. Reports from Germany on Forced and Slave Labour_x000D_ _x000D_ Alexander von Plato_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 2. Work, Repression and Death after the Spanish Civil War_x000D_ _x000D_ Mercedes Vilanova_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 3. Czechs as Forced and Slave Labourers during the Second World War_x000D_ _x000D_ Sarka Jarska_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 4. Slovak Republic (1939-1945)_x000D_ _x000D_ Viola Jakschova_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 5. 'You can't say it out loud. And you can't forget': Polish Experiences of Slave and Forced Labour for the 'Third Reich'_x000D_ _x000D_ Piotr Filipkowski and Katarzyna Madon-Mitzner_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 6. The Fate of Polish Slave and Forced Labourers from_x000D_ _x000D_ Lodz Ewa Czerwiakowski and Gisela Wenzel_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 7. Interviews with Roma in Poland - A Report of My Experiences_x000D_ _x000D_ Arthur Podgorski_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 8. The French Experience: STO, a Memory to Collect, a History to Write_x000D_ _x000D_ Anne-Marie Granet-Abisset_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 9. The Experiences of Hungarian Slave and Forced Labourers_x000D_ _x000D_ Eva Kovacs_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 10. 'Mother, are the apples at home ripe yet?': Slovenian Forced and Slave Labourers during the Second World War_x000D_ _x000D_ Monika Kokalj Kocevar_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 11. Of Silence and Remembrance: Forced Labour and the NDH, and the History of their Remembrance_x000D_ _x000D_ Christian Schoelzel_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 12. 'If you lose your freedom, you lose everything': The Experiences and Memories of Serbian Forced Labourers_x000D_ _x000D_ Barbara N. Wiesinger_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 13. They Survived Two Wars: Bosnian Roma as Civil War Refugees in Germany_x000D_ _x000D_ Birgit Mair_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 14. Forced Labour in Bulgaria 1941-1944. Tracing the Memories_x000D_ _x000D_ Ana Luleva_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 15. Lithuania 1941-1944: Slave and Forced Labourers Remember_x000D_ _x000D_ Rose Lerer Cohen_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 16. Belarusian Forced Labourers: Types and Recruitment Methods_x000D_ _x000D_ Alexander Dalhouski_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 17. Forced and Slave Labour in Belarus: Experiences, Coping Strategies and Personal Accounts_x000D_ _x000D_ Imke Hansen and Alesja Belanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 18. The Experience of Forced Labourers from Galician Ukraine_x000D_ _x000D_ Tetyana Lapan_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 19. Oral Histories of Former Ukrainian 'Ostarbeiter: Preliminary Results of Analysis_x000D_ _x000D_ Gelinada Grinchenko_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 20. Oral Testimonies from Russia_x000D_ _x000D_ Irina Scherbakowa_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 21. The Experience of Citizens of the Former Soviet Union as Forced Labourers in Nazi Germany_x000D_ _x000D_ Natalia Timofeyeva_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 22. Presenting Life in Captivity. Oral Testimonies of Former Forced and Slave Labourers from St Petersburg and the Russian Northwest_x000D_ _x000D_ Anna Reznikova_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 23. Women's Biographies and Women's Memory of War_x000D_ _x000D_ Olga Nikitina, Elena Rozhdestvenskaya and Victoria Semenova_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 24. The Deportation of the Italians 1943-45_x000D_ _x000D_ Doris Felsen and Viviana Frenkel_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 25. Former Forced Labourers as Immigrants in Great Britain after 1945_x000D_ _x000D_ Christoph Thonfeld_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 26. Slave Labour and Shoah - A View from Israel_x000D_ _x000D_ Margalit Bejarano and Amija Boasson_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 27. International Slave and Forced Labour Documentation Project: United States, Atlanta, Georgia_x000D_ _x000D_ Sara Ghitis and Ruth Weinberger_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 28. Forced and Slave Labour in the Context of the Jewish Holocaust Experience_x000D_ _x000D_ Dori Laub and Johanna Bodenstab_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ PART III._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 29. A Memorial for the Persecuted - Materials for Education and Science: The Compilation of Biographies of Former Slave and Forced Labourers_x000D_ _x000D_ Almut Leh and Henriette Schlesinger_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 30. 'A moment of elation ... and painful': The Homecoming of Slave and Forced Labourers after the Second World War_x000D_ _x000D_ Christoph Thonfeld_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 31. Witnesses at the First Auschwitz Trial in Frankfurt_x000D_ _x000D_ Dagi Knellesen_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 32. Revisiting Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors 25 Years Later_x000D_ _x000D_ Dori Laub and Johanna Bodenstab_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 33. 'It Was a Modern Slavery': First Results of the Documentation Project on Forced and Slave Labour_x000D_ _x000D_ Alexander von Plato_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Appendices_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Appendix I:Interview Guidelines_x000D_ _x000D_ Alexander von Plato_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Appendix II: Timeline Forced Labour and Compensation_x000D_ _x000D_ Joachim Riegel_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Appendix III: Interview Partner_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ List of Contributors_x000D_ _x000D_ Bibliography_x000D_ _x000D_ Index_x000D_