Greece and forced labour: National and European Perspectives

Griechische Zwangsarbeiter aus Athen in Oberjesingen, Januar 1945

Greece holds a special position when it comes to forced labour: In contrast to the other occupied territories in Europe, most Greeks were forced to work in their home country.

From 1941 to 1944, Greece experienced a brutal German occupation characterised by famine and terror: more than 200,000 thousands died or were murdered. Hundreds of thousands of Greeks were forced to work for the Wehrmacht or the Organisation Todt and German companies. In addition, around 10,000 Greeks were arrested as part of military and police operations and deported to the German Reich, where they were forced to perform forced labour, most of them as concentration camp prisoners.

Forced labour is one of the least researched aspects of the occupation of Greece. The event outlined forced labour in Greece and the German Reich and placed it in a pan-European context

Welcome: Dr Christine Glauning
Head of the Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre

Lecture: Dr Iason Chandrinos
Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre

Commentary: Dr Stefan Hördler
Georg August University Göttingen, University of Huddersfield

Meeting point: Barrack 5

Next date:

• Date Tuesday, 22/October/2024 19:00
• Venue Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit Berlin-Schöneweide
• Address Britzer Straße 5, 12439 Berlin-Köpenick