Forced Labor for Siemens in the Women’s Concentration Camp Ravensbrück

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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