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Macht Arbeit frei?, German economic policy and forced labor of Jews in the General Government, 1939-1943, Witold W. Medykowski

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

non fiction

Macht Arbeit frei?

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Witold W. Medykowski

Jews of Poland

German economic policy and forced labor of Jews in the General Government, 1939-1943

"This volume is the first ever complex study to address Jewish forced labor and the German economic policy in the General Government, which was a part of occupied Poland during World War II and 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"--, provided by publisher

The war against Poland and the beginning of German economic policy in the occupied territory -- Forced labor from the period of military government until the beginning of ghettoization -- Forced labor in the ghettos and labor detachments -- Forced labor in the labor camps -- The war in the East: Galicia during the first weeks of the war -- Jewish labor in Galicia -- Jewish labor in the shadow of the Aktion Reinhardt -- War industry requirements in the face of annihilation of the workforce -- "Harvest festival" (Erntefest)-extermination of the remaining Polish Jews