Forced Labor for Siemens in the Women's Concentration Camp Ravensbrück : Reports from Contemporary Witnesses.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

(IFK), The International Friends Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ravensbrück (Concentration camp).

Siemens & Halske.

Women Nazi concentration camp inmates--Germany--Ravensbrück.

Women Nazi concentration camp inmates.

Forced labor--Germany--Ravensbrück--History--20th century.

Forced labor.

World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany--Ravensbrück.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2026.

Language Note:

In English translated from the original German.

Summary:

The book reveals the many facets of the forced labor system and the specific conditions at Siemens in Ravensbrück. For the first time, the volume brings together texts by female forced laborers from Ravensbrück, translated from various languages, as well as contemporary illustrations and documents, thus making the views and experiences of the women concerned directly accessible to the reader. The academic introduction and the texts accompanying the chapters describe both the general frame of economic interests and war industry and the particularities of forced labor at Siemens.

Contents:

Introduction / Janna Lökle

"Siemens is now looking for prisoners..." Establishment and beginning of production

"Siemens had a clever, sophisticated system..." Power relations and working conditions

"The stomach always empty, the head sleepy..." Living conditions

"...The whole assembly line had come to a standstill... Resistance and sabotage

"Air raid alarm was one of the happiest moments." Liquidation and liberation

Afterword / Wolfgang Walter.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-83695-440-9

9781836954408

OCLC:

1572094371