Konrad Graczyk
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
During World War II, over half a million men and women under Nazi occupation, who lacked German citizenship, were forcibly conscripted into the German Reichsarbeitsdienst and the Wehrmacht. The Nazis sought to legitimize this conscription by labeling these individuals as "deutsche Volkszugehörige" or "Deutschstämmige," despite it being a clear violation of international law.This collection explores the lives of these non-German conscripts, focusing...