Totaleinsatz (German: "total deployment" or "comprehensive mobilisation") refers to forced labour under German rule during World War II during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. A total of 400,000 Czechs worked as forced labour in Germany. This was a subset of the Arbeitseinsatz for German men, but with ambiguity as to the status of Czechs under the "Protectorate" of Bohemia and Moravia. As ' inferior Slavs', Czech labourers were generally treated worse than the French and Dutch, but not as badly as de facto slave labourers like the Ukrainian Ostarbeiter. [1] [2]
References
- ^ Pagenstecher, Cord (2010). "Chapter 12: 'We were treated like slaves.' Remembering Forced Labor for Nazi Germany". In Hörmann, Raphael; Mackenthun, Gesa (eds.). Human Bondage in the Cultural Contact Zone: Transdisciplinary Perspectives. E-content Generic Vendor. p. 281. ISBN 9783830973751.
- ^ Jarská, Šárka (October 2010). "Czechs as Forced and Slave Labourers During the Second World War". In von Plato, Alexander; Leh, Almut; Thonfeld, Christoph (eds.). Hitler's Slaves: Life Stories of Forced Labourers in Nazi-Occupied Europe. Berghahn Books. p. 49. ISBN 9781845459901.
Totaleinsatz (German: "total deployment" or "comprehensive mobilisation") refers to forced labour under German rule during World War II during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. A total of 400,000 Czechs worked as forced labour in Germany. This was a subset of the Arbeitseinsatz for German men, but with ambiguity as to the status of Czechs under the "Protectorate" of Bohemia and Moravia. As ' inferior Slavs', Czech labourers were generally treated worse than the French and Dutch, but not as badly as de facto slave labourers like the Ukrainian Ostarbeiter. [1] [2]
References
- ^ Pagenstecher, Cord (2010). "Chapter 12: 'We were treated like slaves.' Remembering Forced Labor for Nazi Germany". In Hörmann, Raphael; Mackenthun, Gesa (eds.). Human Bondage in the Cultural Contact Zone: Transdisciplinary Perspectives. E-content Generic Vendor. p. 281. ISBN 9783830973751.
- ^ Jarská, Šárka (October 2010). "Czechs as Forced and Slave Labourers During the Second World War". In von Plato, Alexander; Leh, Almut; Thonfeld, Christoph (eds.). Hitler's Slaves: Life Stories of Forced Labourers in Nazi-Occupied Europe. Berghahn Books. p. 49. ISBN 9781845459901.