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Hitler’s Slaves Life Stories of Forced Labourers in Nazi-Occupied Europe


Free Download Alexander von Plato, "Hitler’s Slaves: Life Stories of Forced Labourers in Nazi-Occupied Europe"
English | ISBN: 184545698X | 2010 | 560 pages | PDF | 2 MB
During World War II at least 13.5 million people were employed as forced labourers in Germany and across the territories occupied by the German Reich. Most came from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldavia, the Baltic countries, France, Poland and Italy. Among them were 8.4 million civilians working for private companies and public agencies in industry, administration and agriculture. In addition, there were 4.6 million prisoners of war and 1.7 million concentration camp prisoners who were either subjected to forced labour in concentration or similar camps or were ‘rented out’ or sold by the SS. While there are numerous publications on forced labour in National Socialist Germany during World War II, this publication combines a historical account of events with the biographies and memories of former forced labourers from twenty-seven countries, offering a comparative international perspective.

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Hitler’s Gateway to the Atlantic German Naval Bases in France 1940-1945


Free Download Lars Hellwinkel – Hitler’s Gateway to the Atlantic: German Naval Bases in France 1940-1945
Seaforth Publishing | 2014 | ISBN: 1848321996 | English | 248 pages | PDF | 109.36 MB
When the Wehrmacht overran France in May and June of 1940, the German navy’s dream of access to the Atlantic was realized, and Brest, Lorient, St. Nazaire, La Pallice and Bordeaux were converted into naval bases for surface, U-boat and auxiliary cruiser operations, though it is only the heavily fortified U-boat bunkers that have received any attention to date. The book describes the extent to which the French, both locally and at the level of the Vichy Government, cooperated with the German authorities in occupied France to convert the existing ports, and explains how the 45,000 workers of the Todt Organization built the monumental bunkers and other facilities.

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Hitler’s Master Plan Rebuilding a German Empire


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English | October 21, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DKHWYV8Q | 114 pages | EPUB | 0.87 Mb
Hitler’s Master Plan: Rebuilding a German Empire offers an in-depth exploration of Adolf Hitler’s ambitious vision to restore and expand Germany during the tumultuous years leading up to and during World War II. This historical analysis reveals how Hitler’s master plan for Germany was rooted in a toxic blend of nationalism, militarism, and racial ideology, ultimately driving the Nazi regime’s expansion strategies.

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Five Years Behind Hitler’s Barbed Wire A Diary of French Officers in a German Prison Camp, 1940-1945


Free Download Henri Natter, "Five Years Behind Hitler’s Barbed Wire: A Diary of French Officers in a German Prison Camp, 1940-1945"
English | ISBN: 078649980X | 2015 | 268 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
On July 3, 1940, 5,000 exhausted and hungry French officers reached a high plateau of the Moravian Mountain range in Austria. Prisoners of war of the Third Reich, they had arrived at Oflag XVIIA, a quad of grim looking barracks encircled by barbed wire, their new home for the next five years.

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