Coercion and Incentive
Jewish Ghetto Labor in East Upper Silesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12727687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephan Lehnstaedt (0000-0001-6894-9587, Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 400-430 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Holocaust and Genocide Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7937 • E-ISSN: 8756-6583 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hgs/dcq056 |
| OpenAlex | W1987955281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
Jewish labor in East Upper Silesia during the Second World War took many forms. The author surveys camps, ghetto workshops under Judenrat supervision, labor battalions, and private companies. The connection between the economy and the Holocaust was closer here than elsewhere under German occupation, as Albrecht Schmelt, the SS-leader responsible for Jewish labor, established a system of exploitation serving not only Germany's needs but also his own enrichment. Jews employed in his system lived in open ghettos, received some remuneration, and had certain options in regard to where—and whether—to work. Thus, the term “forced labor” must be differentiated to capture the reality of the Jewish experience in the ghettos here
Archaeology · Coercion (linguistics · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · German · Incentive · Judaism · Market economy · Political science · Remuneration · Sociology · The Holocaust · Unemployment · Work (physics · World War II · Engineering · European history and politics · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2020 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |