OST: letters, memoirs and stories from Ostarbeiter in Nazi Germany

"An Ostarbeiter was an 'Eastern Worker', rounded up by Nazi Germany from the captured territories in Central and Eastern Europe. By the end of the war, it is estimated that approximately 3 million to 5.5. million Ostarbeiter were forced to work in guarded work camps, many of them youn...

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Main Authors: Kozlova, Alena (Author), Michajlov, Nikolaj Gennadʹevič 1953- (Author), Ostrovskaya, Irina (Author), Ščerbakova, Irina Lazarevna 1949- (Author)
Corporate Author: Memorial - International Historical and Educational, Human Rights and Charity Society (Editor)
Other Authors: Thomson, Georgia (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Granta 2021
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Summary:"An Ostarbeiter was an 'Eastern Worker', rounded up by Nazi Germany from the captured territories in Central and Eastern Europe. By the end of the war, it is estimated that approximately 3 million to 5.5. million Ostarbeiter were forced to work in guarded work camps, many of them younger than 16 years old - at which age they would be conscripted for military service. Ostarbeiter worked 12 hours a day on starvation on rations; as ethnic Slavs, they were treated with extraordinary brutality by Nazi guards who considered them 'sub-human' by the standards of the Aryan master race. They were distinguished by the label 'OST' sewn onto their uniforms." --Amazon.com
Item Description:Originally published in Russian in 2016
Translated from the Russian
Physical Description:XXV, 458 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781783785278

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