The forced labour of Poles in the Third Reich in the light of the latest Polish-German publication on Lost youth Cover Image

Praca przymusowa Polakowi w III Rzeszy w świetle najnowszej polsko-niemieckiej publikacji o „Utraconej młodości”
The forced labour of Poles in the Third Reich in the light of the latest Polish-German publication on Lost youth

Author(s): Włodzimierz Stępiński, Tomasz Ślepowroński, Wojciech Wichert
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: contemporary history; Polish-German relations; forced labour in the Second World War period; West Pomerania; the history of historiography

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of forced labour of Poles in the period of the Second World War in the area of West Pomerania already has some historiography. The authors attempt to present a new publication created in Polish and German cooperation, Miejsca pracy przymusowej Polaków w Stralsrundzie i Stargardzie (The areas of forced labour of Poles in Stralsrund and Stargard) in the context of the existing literature on the subject. The paper discusses the contents of the publication, and accentuates on its ground-breaking character through, hitherto unknown to the Polish historiography, a topographically precise image of the micro-world of forced labour, combining like never before the topics of history, sociology, psychology and cultural anthropology. The book is characterised by its powerful imagery and equally suggestive narration which, along with the apt choice of iconography, allows the reader to follow the authors along the path of foreigners subjected to forced labour.

  • Issue Year: 32/2017
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 131-152
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish