Johannsdorf: a Forgotten Forced Labor Camp For Jews in Western Upper Silesia, 1940–1943

• Authors: Hermann F. Weiss

Abstracts

EN

Based on sources from several countries, this paper presents a microhistory of the camp in Johannsdorf (Upper Silesia) and also advances knowledge of the two systems of forced labor camps for Jews in Silesia and adjoining areas. From October 1940 to the summer of 1942, Johannsdorf was among the 25 Reichsautobahnlager run by the Reichsautobahn office in Breslau. For a year afterwards, it was one of approx. 170 camps administrated by Organisation Schmelt. Aspects discussed include transports, work, access to food, helpers, medical care, camp hierarchies, female inmates, and mortality.

Keywords

EN

Silesia; Jewish forced labor; Reichsautobahn camps Silesia; Organisation; Schmelt camps; Johannsdorf (Upper Silesia)

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Wrocławski. Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych. Instytut Historyczny
• Journal: Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 75
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 93-122

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Hermann F. Weiss

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

• https://orcid.org/0000000177833607

Identifiers

DOI

10.34616/SKHS.2020.1.93.122

Biblioteka Nauki

2185111