Forced labor under German rule during World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-15

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00:02:06 1 Forced workers
00:05:19 1.1 Classifications
00:11:37 1.2 Numbers
00:12:18 2 Organisation Todt
00:15:03 3 Extermination through labour
00:16:15 4 Controversy over compensation
00:19:49 5 See also
00:20:54 5.1 Lists of German companies that exploited slave labor



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The use of forced labour and slavery in Nazi Germany and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale. It was a vital part of the German economic exploitation of conquered territories. It also contributed to the mass extermination of populations in German-occupied Europe. The Nazi Germans abducted approximately 12 million people from almost twenty European countries; about two thirds came from Central Europe and Eastern Europe. Many workers died as a result of their living conditions – extreme mistreatment, severe malnutrition, and worst tortures were the main causes of death. Many more became civilian casualties from enemy (Allied) bombing and shelling of their workplaces throughout the war. At its peak the forced labourers comprised 20% of the German work force.  Counting deaths and turnover, about 15 million men and women were forced labourers at one point during the war.The defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 freed approximately 11 million foreigners (categorized as "displaced persons"), most of whom were forced labourers and POWs. In wartime, the German forces had brought into the Reich 6.5 million civilians in addition to Soviet POWs for unfree labour in factories.  Returning them home was a high priority for the Allies.  However, in the case of citizens of the USSR, returning often meant suspicion of collaboration or the Gulag.  The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), Red Cross, and military operations provided food, clothing, shelter, and assistance in returning home. In all, 5.2 million foreign workers and POWs were repatriated to the Soviet Union, 1.6 million to Poland, 1.5 million to France, and 900,000 to Italy, along with 300,000 to 400,000 each to Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Belgium.