Zwangsarbeit und Verfolgung : österreichische Juden im NS-Staat 1938-45

In Germany, forced labor as a component of a new strategy of persecution was discussed in fall 1938, and applied in the entire Reich after the "Kristallnacht" pogrom. 190,000 Jews lived in Austria at the time, 90% of them in Vienna. The persecution of Austrian Jews was executed with particular violence. Terror, confiscation of Jewish property, arbitrary Aryanization, and mass dismissals characterized the first weeks after the Anschluss. The resulting unemployment and the impoverishment of the Jews prevented previously planned escapes. In fall 1938 the Austrian Ministry for Employment decided to draft Jews for forced labor in order to modernize the Austrian economy. The engagement of Jews in road construction soon served as a model for the Third Reich. Between 1938-45 ca. 20,000 Austrian Jews worked at forced labor in 65 labor camps. They were employed in construction, industry, and agriculture. Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-340). 356 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm