Almut Leh – författare

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.

This book constitutes the results of the Digital Hermeneutics 2023 conference which took place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, during November 23-24, 2023.The 11 regular contributions focus on the development of the IVIS4DH research framework to support the interaction between humanities and computer science in an iterative research and knowledge generating process. The book also contains an introduction and evaluation of the topic written be the editors and their team.