Forced Labour After Nazi Conquests

Northern Advocate, 13 January 1941, Page 8

Forced Labour After Nazi Conquests

“Among the many ingredients of the Nazi plan for a new European order -one has scarcely received the attention it deserves. Even before the war there was a seasonal influx of Polish agricultural labour into the eastern parts of Germany. During the past 12 months the use into Germany of Polish labour—whether in the form of so-called prisoners of war or of gangs of workmen recruited since the conquest of Poland by methods which can be left to the imagination—has been widely extended. The same advantage has been taken of Germany’s more recent territorial aggandisements. Reports have appeared at various times during the past summer of the recruiting of Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and Belgian workers to make up deficiencies of industrial or agricultural manpower. in Germany. Almost all this is forced, unwilling labour, even where the force used is' confined to economic compulsion. These foreign helots in German factories and on German farms have been driven from their homes by the spectre of unemployment and starvation.” —“The Times,” London.