A narrow bridge to life: Jewish forced labor and survival in the Gross-Rosen Camp system, 1940 - 1945

Forced labor in Nazi Germany and the Nazi-occupied areas -- The forced-labor system in eastern upper Silesia: the establishment of organization Schmelt (1940-1944) -- Forced-labor camps for Jews in lower Silesia and the Sudetenland (1940-1944) -- Phases in the development of the Gross-Rosen main cam...

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Main Author: Guṭerman, Belah 1942- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York [u.a.] Berghahn Books 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:A Narrow Bridge to Life: Jewish Forced Labor and Survival in the Gross-Rosen Camp System, 1940–1945, Bella Gutterman (New York: Berghahn Books, 2008) xii + 290 pp., hardcover 39.95 (2011) (Stræde, Therkel)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jews / Konzentrationslager Groß-Rosen / Forced labor
Further subjects:B Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp)
B World War, 1939-1945 Conscript labor Poland
B World War, 1939-1945 Conscript labor (Poland)
B Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Summary:Forced labor in Nazi Germany and the Nazi-occupied areas -- The forced-labor system in eastern upper Silesia: the establishment of organization Schmelt (1940-1944) -- Forced-labor camps for Jews in lower Silesia and the Sudetenland (1940-1944) -- Phases in the development of the Gross-Rosen main camp (May 1940-October 1943) -- The first subcamps of Gross-Rosen -- Deploying the network of camps -- Labor camps in the Sudetenland -- Code riese: the Führer's secret operation in the Eulen mountains -- Administration of the Gross-rosen labor-camp complex -- Survival in the Gross-Rosen labor camps -- Women in the Gross-Rosen labor camps -- Cultural and spiritual life in the Gross-Rosen labor camps -- The last to be liberated -- Liberation -- Concluding remarks
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1845452062