From Radom to Vaihingen via Auschwitz: testimonies and memoirs of a transport of Jewish slave laborers
TitreFrom Radom to Vaihingen via Auschwitz: testimonies and memoirs of a transport of Jewish slave laborers
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/004
N° d'objet03469LU
Lieu de publicationNew York, New York, United States
Année de publication
2013
Dimensionspp308-326
MatérielArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 28, Number 2, Fall 2014 pp308-326
Description
This article examines the ways in which testimonies and memoirs of Holocaust survivors help us better understand official German documentation, describing Nazi slave-labour policies. It discusses three findings primarily from a transport list of 2,187 Jewish slave labourers from the Szkolna camp. This article sheds light on how German authorities balanced the imperative of eliminating Jews against the need for their labour