Macht Arbeit Frei? : German Economic Policy and Forced Labor of Jews in the General Government, 1939-1943 / / Witold Medykowski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910291737503321
• Autore: Medykowski Witold
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Academic Studies Press, 2018; Boston, MA : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• ISBN: 1-61811-597-9; 1-61811-908-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (454 p.)
• Collana: Jews of Poland
• Disciplina: 940.53/1813409438
• Soggetti: Forced labor - Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) - History - 20th century; Forced labor - Poland - History - 20th century; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Galicia (Poland and Ukraine); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland; World War, 1939-1945 - Conscript labor - Poland; HISTORY / Holocaust
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on the Author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2014. "Between Slavery, Extermination and Survival: Forced Labor of Jews in the General Government (in Occupied Poland) 1939 – 1943"
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One -- CHAPTER 1. The War against Poland and the Beginning of German Economic Policy in the Occupied Territory -- CHAPTER 2. Forced Labor from the Period of Military Government Until the Beginning of Ghettoization -- CHAPTER 3. Forced Labor in the Ghettos and Labor Detachments -- CHAPTER 4. Forced Labor in the Labor Camps -- Part Two -- CHAPTER 5. The War in the East: Galicia during the First Weeks of the War -- CHAPTER 6. Jewish Labor in Galicia -- CHAPTER 7. Jewish Labor in the Shadow of the Aktion Reinhardt -- CHAPTER 8. War Industry Requirements in the Face of Annihilation of the Workforce -- CHAPTER 9. Harvest Festival (Erntefest)-Extermination of the Remaining Jews in the District of Lublin -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Archival Sources -- Maps -- Tables -- Photographs ; -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is the first ever study to address Jewish forced labor in Poland's General Government during the Holocaust. The study presents German economic policy on the occupied territories, discussing Germany's misappropriation and misuse of available resources-particularly human resources and their inhuman treatment-and how this policy ultimately led to the downfall of the Nazi regime. This fascinating study sheds a light on the mutual dependence of economics and warfare during one of the most difficult periods in human history.