When Germany’s war efforts stalled in late 1942, she faced formidable challenges not only at the various fronts but also at the home front, where millions of working men were missing. Hence Germany recruited many foreign volunteers to work in Germany. The inmates in the various ghettos and camps were also used to alleviate the country’s labor shortage. Later on, forced labor recruitments also occurred across Europe.
By Ezra Macvie ∙ October 1, 2011
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy, by Adam Tooze, Viking Press, New York, 2006. 799pp. It is a well-worn truism that hunger is a weapon in war, and starvation may claim more victims in war than disease, cold, and the stupendous efforts of each side to kill members of…
By Hans-Jürgen Witzsch ∙ August 1, 2003
Between 1997 and 2001, a broad media campaign occurred in Germany reporting about the widespread use of so-called forced laborers in Germany during the Third Reich period. These people were brought into the German Reich from German-occupied territories allegedly against their free will, and it is claimed that these persons were exploited and treated inhumanely….
By Scott L. Smith ∙ August 1, 2003
Michael Thad Allen, The Business of Genocide: The SS, Slave Labor and the Concentration Camps, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 2002, 377 pp., hardcover, $39.95. Michael Thad Allen is assistant professor of modern German history and the history of technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Despite its burlesque title,…
By Germar Rudolf ∙ August 1, 2003
William E. Winterstein, Gestapo USA. When Justice Was Blindfolded, Reed Publishers, San Francisco 2002, 261 pp. hc, $25.95 As part of “Operation Paperclip” shortly after World War II, the USA transported a number of captured German rocket scientists to Ft. Bliss, Texas, where they were kept under quasi arrest for almost two years. William Winterstein…
By Heinrich Himmler, Odilo Globocnik ∙ November 30, 1943
Letter from Samuel Crowell to David Irving: April 11, 1999 Dear Mr. Irving: Bearing in mind your ongoing interest in matters pertaining to the Holocaust I attach a lengthy report on Aktion Reinhardt written and compiled by Odilo Globocnik for RFSS Heinrich Himmler at the end of 1943. The report, as 4024-PS, is part of…
By Heinrich Himmler ∙ February 20, 1942
Translated by Carlos W. Porter Translator's note: the document is an “unpublished” printed excerpt. All documents in the IMT volumes are printed, i.e., the original document is never shown. The annexes are not attached. (From: Allgemeine Erlassammlung [general compendium of decrees] (AES), part 2, A III f (Treatment of foreign civilian workers), issued by the…
By Fritz Sauckel ∙ April 20, 1942
Translated by Carlos W. Porter Introduction Most Nuremberg Trial documents have never been translated into English in their entirety. Typically, a single paragraph or even sentence is taken out of context, often mistranslated, to offer “proof” of German crimes. The rest of the document is ignored; the correctness of the translation is never questioned. For…
By Zeitzler, Peuckert, Bachmann ∙ February 6, 1943
Translated by Carlos W. Porter DESCRIPTION: Six parts. Page one — printed leaflet/signature printed in facsimile) Decree On Compulsory Labour and Labour Service in the Eastern Theatre of Operations of the Newly Occupied Eastern Territories To ensure the military and economic requirements in the Eastern theatre of operations, the following order is hereby issued in…
By Gitel Poznanski ∙ January 1, 1946
Dear all I am sending you some notes I made a couple of years ago from one section of the book Black Book: The Crime Against the Jewish People, published in New York in 1946 by the Jewish Black Book Committee, consisting of the World Jewish Congress, the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (USSR), the Vaad Leumi…
By CODOH ∙ January 1, 1942
Passbooks for foreign workers in German camp system Click on image to see a larger version. Letters sent by foreign workers in German camp system Click on image to see a larger version. Auschwitz Dachau Majdanek …
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