A Survey of Jewish Slave Labour in the Nazi System

Abstract

This article surveys the development of the Nazi use of Jews for slave labour. It considers continuities and shifts in the use of labour, differences over time, between places and between German institutions that used slaves. It also assesses the differing motivations for use of slave labour, and the differing conditions in which slaves worked. Finally, it addresses the relationship between slave labour and the ‘final solution of the Jewish question’.