Forced Labor for Siemens in the Women’s Concentration Camp Ravensbrück
Abstract
From August 1942 to April 1945, Siemens & Halske AG maintained its own so-called production facility adjacent to the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp, where up to 2,300 female prisoners were deployed in forced labor. This volume contains excerpts from letters, witness statements, arrest reports, diaries, compensation claims, autobiographies and interviews from Ravensbrück survivors who were forced to work in the armaments factory. The texts shed light on the system of forced labor in the context of the concentration camp, questions of discouragement and hope as well as the women's will for self-assertion and resistance.
Fields of Study & Subjects
European history and politics
World Wars: History
Literature
and Impact
Memory
Trauma
and Commemoration
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Berghahn Books
- Publication date
- 1 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book