Description
Book SynopsisDespite the marginal economic importance of the city, the forced labor system in Plauen in the Vogtland was just as merciless as in the industrial centers of the German Empire. While the imperial legislation made concessions in the course of the war, the operating conditions on the ground tightened. The intensifying bomb war during the war finally led the armaments companies to the periphery of the empire and thus to the Vogtland. With the relocation, a large number of foreign workers, especially from the occupied eastern territories, came to Plauen and new industries emerged. The local authorities had to react to the increasing challenges posed by the deployment of foreigners from 1943 onwards. The book describes in detail the development of the labor deployment of forced laborers, prisoners of war and concentration camp prisoners in Plauen and also highlights the individual fates of foreign workers who were used for forced labor in agriculture, industry and the authorities.
