Wearing the letter "P" : Polish women as forced laborers in Nazi Germany, 1939-1945 /

Author Sophie Knab's parents were Polish forced laborers in Germany during World War II. For years, her mother was unable to discuss or answer questions about this period of her life. Compelled to learn more about her mother's experience and that of other Polish women, Knab began a persona...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Knab, Sophie Hodorowicz (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Hippocrene Books, [2016]
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Conscript labor > Germany. World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Germany. Polish people > Germany > History > 20th century. Women > Germany > History > 20th century. Forced labor > Germany > History > 20th century. Foreign workers, Polish > Germany > History > 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Polish. World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Germany. Poland > History > Occupation, 1939-1945. Germany > Social conditions > 1933-1945.

Table of Contents:

Recruitment and roundups
The transit camps
Transport, arrival and the March decrees
Life and work in agriculture and factories
Health, illness and hospitalization
Pregnancy and childbearing
Last days of the war and DP camps.