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After 1945: Forced Laborers as "Forgotten Victims"
After the war the forced laborers became the "forgotten victims" of National Socialism. Foreign victims had no voice in Germany; forced labor was not recognized as a specific Nazi crime.
Repatriation Pass for Guy S., France, 1945
After 1945, many of those who were abducted stayed in camps on German soil as displaced persons. At home, especially in the Soviet Union, those who returned were often suspected of collaboration with the Germans. Some were taken to Stalinist camps; others were discriminated against in choosing a career.
Some people did not even tell their family about their experiences of forced labor. Most of the survivors suffered from the psychological and physical consequences of forced labor; particularly in Eastern Europe, they often live on the verge of the existence minimum.
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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.
