!["Ostarbeiter" (eastern workers) were mostly eastern European women brought to Germany for forced labor. [LCID: 85581]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/1e520a97-37c3-4be6-8938-95e98a940a69.jpg)
"Ostarbeiter" (trabajadores del este) eran mayormente mujeres de la Europa oriental que fueron transportadas a Alemania para hacer trabajos forzados. Llevaban el parche de identificación "OST" (abajo centro de la fotografía). Alemania, después de 1942.
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