Language:
English
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
Angaben zur Quelle:
36 (1991) 389-410
Keywords:
Jews History 1939-1945
;
World War, 1939-1945 Conscript labor
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Nazi policies aimed at the destruction of Jewish economic existence left behind an army of jobless Jews up to 1939. At the end of 1938, measures were taken to exploit the Jewish labor force in Germany. Military experts were especially interested in exploiting Jewish labor for the war effort. By March 1941, the number of German Jews conscripted for work reached 73,000. Describes the conditions of Jewish work in Germany and payment for it. In autumn 1941, when thousands of slave laborers and POWs were brought to Germany, the deportation of Jewish workers, including those engaged in the armaments industry, began. The representatives of the military industry argued that the mass "replacement" of the Jewish workers would harm the production process, but in February 1943 the last "armament Jews" were deported; Nazi racial fanatism overcame practical considerations. Pp. 408-410 present a memo on a joint meeting of representatives of the police and the Ministry of Interior, held on 28.2.1939, dealing with the exploitation of Jewish labor in case of war.
Note:
Appeared also in "Holocaust; Critical Concepts in Historical Studies" II (2004).
DOI:
10.1093/leobaeck/36.1.389
URL:
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