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Remembering Events and Topics
In the interviews, the witnesses tell their personal experiences of important historical events of the 20th century.
They talk about their different experiences of forced labor and describe the history of the 20th century from various perspectives. Excerpts of the life story interviews in the online archive “Forced Labor 1939 – 1945” commemorate important historical dates and illustrate various aspects of the history of forced labor.
September 1, 1939: Invasion of Poland
To the video (in English and Polish with German subtitles) »
June 22, 1941: German Attack on Soviet Union
To the video (in Russian with German subtitles) »
Police and Forced Labor
To the video (in Russian, French and Polish with German subtitles) »
"Slave Labor"
To the video (in English and Russian with German subtitles) »
January 27, 1945: Auschwitz - Liberation and Death March
To the Video (in English, German and Italian with German subtitles) »
April 15, 1945: Liberation of KZ Bergen-Belsen
To the Video (in English with German subtitles) »
Testifying in Nazi Trials
The Memories of Germans and of Forced Laborers
To the video (in Polish and Russian with German subtitles) »
News
70 years ago: The "Ostarbeiter-Erlasse"
A Ukrainian testimony on the consequences of the "Ostarbeiter-Erlasse" of Feb. 20, 1942 - An Interviewer talks about her interviews with former "Ostarbeiter"
New project day on the Auschwitz Trial
At the second day of "Victims' Voices at the Perpetrators' Site" in the "Topograpy of Terror", students do research on witnesses and perpetrators at Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial (1963-65).
Second Edition Educational Material
The educational material about "Forced Labor 1939-1945" ist now available in a second edition. Video DVD, learning software and teachers' book are can be purchased at Federal Agency for Civic Education.
