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Informationen zum Autor Christoph Thonfeld is a historian and language teacher and is currently Assistant Professor of German language and culture at Cheng Chi University in Taipei, Taiwan. He is also researching forced labourers' memories of WW II in an internationally comparative perspective. He is co-editor of the periodical WerkstattGeschichte. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foreword by the Board of Directors of the Foundation Acknowledgements PART I Editors' Introduction PART II Chapter 1. Reports from Germany on Forced and Slave Labour Alexander von Plato Chapter 2. Work, Repression and Death after the Spanish Civil War Mercedes Vilanova Chapter 3. Czechs as Forced and Slave Labourers during the Second World War sárka Jarská Chapter 4. Slovak Republic (1939-1945) Viola Jakschová 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' Piotr Filipkowski and Katarzyna Madon-Mitzner Chapter 6. The Fate of Polish Slave and Forced Labourers from Lódz Ewa Czerwiakowski and Gisela Wenzel Chapter 7. Interviews with Roma in Poland - A Report of My Experiences Arthur Podgorski Chapter 8. The French Experience: STO, a Memory to Collect, a History to Write Anne-Marie Granet-Abisset Chapter 9. The Experiences of Hungarian Slave and Forced Labourers Éva Kovács Chapter 10. 'Mother, are the apples at home ripe yet?': Slovenian Forced and Slave Labourers during the Second World War Monika Kokalj Kocevar Chapter 11. Of Silence and Remembrance: Forced Labour and the NDH, and the History of their Remembrance Christian Schölzel Chapter 12. 'If you lose your freedom...
