Nazi ideology based human beings' worth on their productivity, and forced labor became a fundamental and pervasive element of Nazi persecution. The Nazis used forced labor as a way to enrich the regime while humiliating and punishing their victims, literally working many people to death.
forced labor
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust"Song of the Oppressed"
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Wartime Jewish Press
Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust"The Program of the Ghetto Newspaper"
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Objects of Memory
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustCamp Prisoner Uniform Jacket Worn by William Luksenburg
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Jewish Community Documents
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustCircular Letter of the Aid Center for Jews
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Experiences of Forced Labor in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustCircular on Preventing Prisoner Escapes
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDeposition of Pesakh Burshteyn
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Đura Rajs
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Jechiel Górny
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Artists and Visual Culture in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustErzsébet Frank, "The Welders"
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Experiences of Forced Labor in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustFilm of Forced Laborers in Transit
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Post-Holocaust Testimony
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustGaston Guez, "Our Martyrs"
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Soviet POWs in German Captivity
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleInterview with Lev Manevich
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Experiences of Forced Labor in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustLabor Deployment of Soviet Prisoners of War
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Objects of Memory
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLeather Bouquet of Flowers Made in Bergen-Belsen
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Experiences of Forced Labor in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustLetter from a Forced Laborer to Her Family