Les Ostarbeiter de Graffenstaden
The Ostarbeiter of Graffenstaden
Author(s): Alexandre SumpfSubject(s): Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Labor relations, Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: Alsace; World War Two; Forced labor; Concentration camps; Soviet people;
Summary/Abstract: Today, in the Strasbourg suburb of Illkirch-Graffenstaden, nothing suggests that there was once one of the largest civilian internment camps of the wartime era. Between autumn 1942 and the very beginning of 1945, hundreds of ‘Ostarbeiter’ lived there, destined for the German war effort. Between volunteering and deportation, economic exploitation and racist violence, agentivity and local humanitarianism, their presence draw a different map of Alsace, de facto annexed to the Third Reich.
Journal: Sensus Historiae
- Issue Year: 58/2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 55-66
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French
