Slave laborers from Poland in the Third Reich between 1941 and 1944 as an example of forced migration. Verification of the numerical findings
Slave laborers from Poland in the Third Reich between 1941 and 1944 as an example of forced migration. Verification of the numerical findings

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author attempts to verify previous findings on the number of forced laborers sent from occupied Poland to the Third Reich during World War II. Forced laborers are an example of the many forced migrations that took place during this armed conflict, but in contrast to the spontaneous movement of war refugees and displacements carried out by the German administration, these were mainly economic in nature, with the aim of obtaining free and semi-free labor. Unfortunately, the numbers reported in Polish historiography were not sufficiently documented, while those from German studies were likely understated. The proposal for a new estimate of this phenomenon, presented in this text, takes into account both rationales and, for the first time, draws entirely on German forced labor statistics.

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