NS-Zwangsarbeit und die Kategorie Geschlecht – Frauen und ihre Lebensgeschichten | Eine Führung durch die Ausstellung

In the organizer's words:

with Annegrit Berghoff, member of the exhibition staff

Location: Exhibition room "On the trail of European forced labor. Southern Lower Saxony 1939-1945", Godehardstraße 11, Göttingen

During the Second World War, up to 20 million people had to perform forced labor for National Socialist Germany or the occupied countries, as civilian forced laborers, prisoners of war or camp prisoners. The majority of them were men*, but the proportion of women* continued to rise over the course of the war. In August 1944, there were around six million civilian forced laborers in the "German Reich", mainly deported from Poland and the Soviet Union. More than a third of them were women*. In addition to their position in the National Socialist "racial hierarchy", gender also played a decisive role in their living conditions and chances of survival.

The tour is dedicated to the question of what significance the category of gender had in Nazi forced labor. This is shown not only through an analysis of the forced labor system and its changes, but also very specifically through the biographies of women* who were forced to work in southern Lower Saxony.

Price information:

Free admission to the exhibition and guided tour, but a donation is requested. The exhibition is also open to visitors from 2:00 to 5:00 pm.