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A group of Poles assembled for forced labor. Poland, June 30, 1943. [LCID: 77994]
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Forced labor

The Nazis and their Axis allies used forced labor during the Holocaust (1933–1945) to exploit Jews, Poles, Soviet civilians, and camp prisoners, among others. Often, the labor was humiliating, difficult, and lacked purpose. As the war progressed, the Nazis used forced laborers to power the German economy. Explore more content related to forced labor and how it was used during the Holocaust. 

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A column of laborers follow a few uniformed soldiers walking up a country road. Several buildings and trees can be seen in the background.
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Jewish forced laborers in Hungary
A kapo oversees prisoners at the Płaszów camp
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A kapo oversees prisoners at the Płaszów camp
Abraham Bomba [LCID: aba0081m]
Oral History
Abraham Bomba describes cleaning the gas chambers at Treblinka
Abraham Bomba [LCID: abb0082m]
Oral History
Abraham Bomba describes cutting women's hair before they were gassed in Treblinka
Abraham Bomba [LCID: aba0081m]
Oral History
Abraham Bomba describes gassing operations at Treblinka
Abraham Bomba [LCID: abg0049m]
Oral History
Abraham Bomba describes the Treblinka gas chambers
Abraham Lewent [LCID: als0260m]
Oral History
Abraham Lewent describes conditions in Skarżysko-Kamienna camp
Abraham Lewent [LCID: ali0261m]
Oral History
Abraham Lewent recalls how he persuaded a doctor in the Skarżysko-Kamienna camp that he was fit to work
Aftermath of the liberation of a forced-labor camp in Germany [LCID: dfh0655l]
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Aftermath of the liberation of a forced-labor camp in Germany
Alan Zimm [LCID: azd0044m]
Oral History
Alan Zimm describes a hanging in the Dora-Mittelbau camp
The defendants rise as the judges enter the courtroom at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg. [LCID: 03548]
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Albert Speer
Albert Speer testifies at Nuremberg [LCID: dfwct020]
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Albert Speer testifies at Nuremberg
An SS guard speaks with local Ukrainian women while Soviet POWs perform forced labor nearby
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An SS guard speaks with local Ukrainian women while Soviet POWs perform forced labor nearby
An SS guard watches prisoner laborers at construction work. [LCID: 83526]
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An SS guard on patrol
In a take-off of travel posters advertising peaceful vacation spots, Beifeld draws a picture of a Hungarian military tent pitched ... [LCID: 58022a]
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Art and Survival: György Beifeld's Visual Memoir from the Russian Front, 1942–1943
Women group together in a prisoner barracks. Some of the women are laying on the floor, while others are laying on the wooden bunk beds. All of them are wearing heavy outwear or wrapped in blankets.
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Auschwitz

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