Post by 𝝥𝝰𝘇𝗴𝝻𝝸 on Dec 28, 2022 20:44:35 GMT
Martin Dean has done some work on labour camps in the Ukraine. I will summarize his work, but it is well worth the read. It is clear that some of the Jewish workers were treated badly, murdered by the guards.
Martin Dean has found 120 Zwangarbeitslager für Juden in the Ukraine. Some were "Transit Highway IV" road construction camps. Some camps were involved in bridge construction. Camps were established for "agriculture, peat-digging, forestry, lumber, and for skilled craftsmen".
Just these camps alone involved using the labour of thousands of able bodied Jews, men and women. These camps have been overlook ed in the historiography. The reason is due to small sizes and lack of German documents. Martin Dean compiled his evidence from witness statements. It is probable that this work scratches the surface of the true magnitude of Jewish Labour Camps in Ostland and the Ukraine.
Ulrich Herbert (University of Freiburg), Forced Laborers in the Third Reich: An Overview pdf link has stated there were only 50 000 Jewish workers (p8). His work is a genuine appraisal of the situation but hampered by lack of knowledge of the true extent of Jewish labour, especially in Ostland and Ukraine.
Forced labor camps for Jews in the Rivne region.
A network of similar forced labor camps for Jews existed also in the Dniprpetrovsk region along the road from Kryvyi Rih to Dnipro.
Forced labor camps for Jews in the Dniprpetrovsk region.
These camps existed from around May 1942 until the end of 1942 or early in 1943.
Forced labor camps for Jews in the Cherkasy region.
Forced labor camps for Jews in the Volyn region.
Forced labor camps for Jews in Brest region (part of Gk Volhynia-Podolia in 1941–1944).
The number of Jews in each of these camps ranged from around a dozen to 1000 or more, such that the total number held in all 120 camps probably exceeded 15,000 people
Corresponding author: Martin Christopher Dean, Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, 12 Bolling Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, USA, E-mail: mdean507@gmail.com
Martin Dean has found 120 Zwangarbeitslager für Juden in the Ukraine. Some were "Transit Highway IV" road construction camps. Some camps were involved in bridge construction. Camps were established for "agriculture, peat-digging, forestry, lumber, and for skilled craftsmen".
Just these camps alone involved using the labour of thousands of able bodied Jews, men and women. These camps have been overlook ed in the historiography. The reason is due to small sizes and lack of German documents. Martin Dean compiled his evidence from witness statements. It is probable that this work scratches the surface of the true magnitude of Jewish Labour Camps in Ostland and the Ukraine.
Ulrich Herbert (University of Freiburg), Forced Laborers in the Third Reich: An Overview pdf link has stated there were only 50 000 Jewish workers (p8). His work is a genuine appraisal of the situation but hampered by lack of knowledge of the true extent of Jewish labour, especially in Ostland and Ukraine.
Forced labor camps for Jews in the Rivne region.
Historian Alexander Kruglov has described the conditions in the camps along the DG IV in the Vinnytsia region in 1942–1943. The Jewish forced laborers were accommodated in improvised camps, such as stables and other sheds designed for cattle, school buildings, or a former synagogue. They were fed mainly a pea or potato soup, supplemented with a little millet or horse flesh.
A network of similar forced labor camps for Jews existed also in the Dniprpetrovsk region along the road from Kryvyi Rih to Dnipro.
Forced labor camps for Jews in the Dniprpetrovsk region.
These camps existed from around May 1942 until the end of 1942 or early in 1943.
Forced labor camps for Jews in the Cherkasy region.
Forced labor camps for Jews in the Volyn region.
Forced labor camps for Jews in Brest region (part of Gk Volhynia-Podolia in 1941–1944).
The number of Jews in each of these camps ranged from around a dozen to 1000 or more, such that the total number held in all 120 camps probably exceeded 15,000 people
Corresponding author: Martin Christopher Dean, Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, 12 Bolling Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20817, USA, E-mail: mdean507@gmail.com