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International Forced Labor and European Memory
"Forced Labor 1939-1945" is an internationally focused project.
Interactive Map Countries of Origin (CeDiS / FUB, click to open in new window, German)
Interactive Map Subsets of the Interview collection (CeDiS / FUB, click to open)
Forced laborers from 26 countries tell about their memories of forced labor. The interviews in 25 different languages demonstrate that Nazi forced labor was a European phenomenon. At the same time, the way it is remembered in national cultures of memory varies greatly.
Forced labor is a complex, frequently traumatic part of the history of a Europe that is now growing together. With its internationally collected interviews which have been made accessible worldwide on the internet, the archive is a transnational and intercultural project.
- The 32 Subsets of the Collection
- Talks with experts about Poland, Croatia, Russia
- Thematic clips about the attacks on Poland and the Soviet Union
- Media stations in the International Traveling Exhibtion
News
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.
Testifying in Nazi Trials
On december 15, 1961, the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem ended with a death sentence. The Jewish Auschwitz survivor and artist Yehuda B. testified against Adolf Eichmann and - two years later - at the Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt.
