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Forced Labor for Siemens in the Women's Concentration Camp Ravensbrück -

Forced Labor for Siemens in the Women's Concentration Camp Ravensbrück

Reports from Contemporary Witnesses
Buch | Hardcover
354 Seiten
2026
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-83695-442-2 (ISBN)
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In 1942-1945, Siemens & Halske AG maintained an armaments factory adjacent to the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp, where up to 2,300 female prisoners were deployed in forced labor. This volume contains the testimonies of Ravensbrück survivors, shedding light on the system of forced labor in the context of the concentration camp
From August 1942 to April 1945, Siemens & Halske AG maintained its own so-called production facility adjacent to the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp, where up to 2,300 female prisoners were deployed in forced labor. This volume contains excerpts from letters, witness statements, arrest reports, diaries, compensation claims, autobiographies and interviews from Ravensbrück survivors who were forced to work in the armaments factory. The texts shed light on the system of forced labor in the context of the concentration camp, questions of discouragement and hope as well as the women's will for self-assertion and resistance

The International Friends Association (IFK) supports and promotes the work of the Ravensbrück Memorial. The Association cultivates contacts to survivors and their relatives, restores and manages artefacts relating to Ravensbrück, and is committed to the preservation of the site, which was the largest women’s concentration camp in Germany. To this end, the IFK invites the participation of all people, irrespective of nationality, who share our view that memory is indispensable for understanding both our history and our present, and is important in shaping our future.

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments



Preface to the English Edition

Andrea Genest, Director, Ravensbrück Memorial Preface to the 2017 German Edition



Preface to the 2017 German Edition

Insa Eschebach, former Director, Ravensbrück Memorial



Prologue

Peter Plieninger, International Friends Association of the Ravensbrück Memorial



Introduction



Chapter 1. Siemens is now looking for prisoners: Establishment and Beginning of Production

Chapter 2. Siemens had a clever, sophisticated sSystem: Power Relations and Working Conditions

Chapter 3. The stomach always empty, the head sleepy: Living Conditions

Chapter 4. The whole assembly line had come to a standstill: Resistance and Sabotage

Chapter 5. Air raid alarm was one of the happiest moments: Liquidation and Liberation



Afterword



Short Biographies of the Eyewitnesses

Glossary

Index of Persons

Sources and References

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.3.2026
Zusatzinfo Bibliography; Index
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-83695-442-5 / 1836954425
ISBN-13 978-1-83695-442-2 / 9781836954422
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