Work and extermination in the concentration camps
TitreWork and extermination in the concentration camps
Auteur
Call number940.547243/0030
N° d'objet07302f
Lieu de publicationNew York, New York, United States
EditeurRoutledge
Année de publication
2010
Paginationpp127-148
MatérielArticle
ISBN9780415426510
NotesArticle from the book 'Concentration camps in Nazi Germany' pp127-148
Description
The economic exploitation of inmate labour in the camps and its relationship with mass murder form the focus of this essay. The principal phases of the camps' history were marked by the changing functions of work. In the depressed conditions of 1933, forced labour by male prisoners was treated as a penal. and terroristic 'educative' instrument. From 1938 onwards the growing demand for workers resulted in an increasing mobilization of camp labour
