International Conference in Berlin, 8-10 November 2010
During World War II, the National Socialist regime deployed and exploited millions of forced labourers in the German Reich, the Axis nations and countries under German military occupation. The aim of the international conference is to present the results of current research into the deployment of forced labourers in Hitler’s Europe, a subject that has been largely neglected to date.
The conference will in particular identify and attempt to close the knowledge gaps on the subject of forced labour in regions outside the German Reich, as well as exploring the conditions experienced by former forced labourers after 1945. International academics will present their current results of research regarding the country-specific manifestations of forced labor during World War II at the conference in Berlin. Tanja Penter, Irina Scherbakowa, Tomas Jelinek, Volkhard Knigge and Alexander von Plato will discuss the dimensions of Nazi forced labor in Europe, its consequences and memories as well as the situation of former forced laborers after the war and nowadays.The conference is divided into two thematic forums: Forced labour in occupied Europe and Memories of forced labour after 1945.
Programme overview
| 8 November 2010 | Arrival and welcome |
| 9 November 2010 | Forced labour in occupied Europe: Politics Organisation Forced labourers Axis nations and supportive administrations |
| 10 November 2010 | Memories of forced labour after 1945: Memories of forced labour in Eastern Europe Memories of forced labour in Western and Northern Europe |
The conference is primarily aimed at academics in various disciplines who are conducting research into forced labour in World War II.
Public (Concluding) Discussion, 10 November 2010, 14:30
Working for the enemy. Forced labour under National Socialism: Consequences and memories after 1945
Moderator: Harald Asel, rbb Inforadio
Venue: Leibniz-Saal, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Markgrafenstraße 38, Berlin-Mitte
Programme
Conference Venues and Transport
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW)
Markgrafenstraße 38
10117 Berlin
www.bbaw.de
Exhibition on forced labour
28 Sept. 2010 - 30 Jan. 2011
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9-14
10969 Berlin
www.jmberlin.de
Contact
Judith Blum
Program Manager
Tel.: +49 (30) 25 92 97-68
Fax: +49 (30) 25 92 97-11
Anna Henk
Program Manager
Tel.: +49 (30) 25 92 97-58
Fax: +49 (30) 25 92 97-11
