Foreign Labor

The Auschwitz camp used its prisoners for forced labor. The Nazis treated the Jews poorly and as of they were nothing. Ushmm.org states “Jewish women who had been assigned to forced labor in a nearby armaments factory”. Between the years 1940-45 out of 1.3 million Jews, 1.1 million died. All of those innocent people died only because their race was hated by one very powerful, but very convincing man. After a year of the camp existing, the SS and the police cleared about forty square meters for the camp. They had all of this cleared by forced labor from the Jews. The Nazis were very cruel to the Jews and for a certain amount of time this camp was used as a killing center. Those cold- hearted people killed men, women, and innocent

The following is a critique of the article “Good Times, Bad Times: Memories of The Third Reich” by Ulrich Herbert. In this critique, I will explore the themes of the article, discuss the main arguments, and address the significance of the author’s insight to the world of Nazi Germany.

The Holocaust took place during the late 1930s to the early 1940s, a time when many external and internal factors were affecting Germany and its people (Hill 1). Nevertheless Nazi leaders and common Germans killed almost two thirds of an estimated nine million Jewish people (Hill 2). One of the most puzzling questions about the Holocaust is why did common Germans take part? It is difficult to formulate an exact answer to the question because it deals with a whole nation, but many historians have hypothesized explanations related to the German’s unwilling and willing participation (Goldhagen 375).

Late nineteenth century and early twentieth century marks the time period for massive immigration from around the world to come to the United States. The United States was the land of opportunity and development for all the people. The industrial development after the Civil War increased due to expansion of railroads which, led to increase in demand for labor. Many immigrants came to the United States with the aim of working on American farms and railroads and in American factories. Many people moved to the United States from various countries to find better opportunities and develop their living standards. The majority of jobs were at the industries. The industrial labor composed of skilled laborers and unskilled laborers. Immigrants, due

Peter Fritzche’s book, Germans into Nazis, contends that, “Germans became Nazis because they wanted to become Nazis and because the Nazis spoke so well to their interests and inclinations…however, voters did not back Hitler mainly because they share his hatred of the Jews…but because they departed from established political traditions in that they were identified at once with a distinctly popular form of ethnic nationalism and with the basic social reforms most Germans counted on to ensure national well-being.” (8-9) His argument rests on the notion that the Nazis had a vision for Germany that incorporated Germans into a national community, throwing off the restraints of a tired government, and propelled them towards a future that would

After the 1929 Stock Market Crash, America demanded that Germany pay their loans, causing unemployment rates in Germany to soar. By 1932 the unemployment rate in Germany had reached over six million people. In the 1920’s many people were seeking the answer to the economic problems of Germany, the Nazi Party provided those answers. The Nazis began as “a small anti-Semitic group which developed into the German Workers’ Party (DAP).”

In this story, the narrator’s biggest problem is finding employment. Germans are unable to go into a profession that they find interest in, rather they are forced to make due in hard labor like “clearing rubble and carrying rocks” or other underpaid jobs (125). He describes how “there was a time when they used to say it was unnecessary [to have a profession], all we needed was soldiers. But now they say you have to have a profession” (125). With total war, all the German people work for the war effort, whether that was as a soldier or working in factories making weapons and other resources. It is very difficult for them not only to have a positive attitude towards their new ways of life in occupied Germany, but it is most difficult to believe that you may never go back to the Germany that existed prior to Nazi Germany. German identity may never exist again and it is obvious that many Germans regret what emerged between 1939 and

This reflection of the average German’s perception of guest workers is brought into focus by Ali: Fear Eats the Soul to critique the state of Germany’s failure to develop effective public policy that takes into account the reality of the ingrained cultural beliefs of German society. Der Spiegel’s 1973 article “The Turks are Coming! Save Yourself if You Can!” reflects both the disconnect between the German government and the public as well as the general sentiment stereotyping these guest workers as “foreigners… only welcome in the Federal Republic as exotic and cheap helpers… who will soon go back to where they came from” (GiT 110.) These disparities combined with blatant classism and racism permeated German society such that widespread rejection of Emmi and Ali’s relationship, from friends and family to the “professional” workplace, was within German standards of social conduct. Within this

It appeared to the government of the Third Reich in the beginning of 1944 that the vast amounts of foreign forced laborers were not sufficient to

When looking into the history of Germany and determining what led to the startling rise in Nazism in Germany and its detrimental effects on the social outcasts in Europe, it can be easy to deduce that the Nazi regime was one where Hitler walked in with his officials and took office by force. The truth is that, while the Nazi party is responsible for the atrocities that occurred before and during WWII, they would have not gotten far if it hadn’t been for the cooperation of the German people themselves. Life in the Third Reich provides proof through voting, youth programs and village life that the Nazi party rose into power with German support.

Immigrants bring energy and innovation. They have a positive influence on the productivity or efficiency of local workers by introducing new ideas and a fresh approach to firms . Their appearing influences the business and industry. Skilled migrants positively contribute to both private and public knowledge creation; it reflects in the innovation and knowledge share from immigrant labors.

Even the Jewish children were forced to work, no matter of their age. Shmuel had to “polish glass” ordered by Lieutenant Kotler (Boyne, 173). Shmuel is only 9 years old, he was taken away from his family and put into a camp and forced to do work. The children had to realize that they couldn’t “afford to act like a child” anymore, especially in the camps (Boyne, 159). Any prisoner was chosen to do work “due to their strength and fitness” (“Work”,12). The Nazis had the prisoners do a variety of jobs, anything they could do really. (“Work”,12). Nazis followed a plan called the Final Solution which means that the Jews “literally worked to death” (“FORCED LABOR: AN OVERVIEW”, 13). Nazis would force work on the Jews “that would directly and deliberately lead to illness, injury, or death” (“FORCED LABOR: AN OVERVIEW”, 14). Life did not last long in labor camps. The life of a prisoner lasted “about four months” or less, depending on the work, the person, the food, and the camp (“Work”, 12). Jews knew that “the ability to work meant the potential to survive” , especially after the Nazis set the motion of the “Final Solution” (“FORCED LABOR: AN OVERVIEW”, 13). Possessions owned by the Jews were taken away after their arrival at any camp(“Work”, 12). Some prisoners were even “assigned to collect valuables”(“Work”, 12). Prisoners who

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui gives an account of how the Nazi German were the center of the World War II; they were among the leading

To adopt the economic perspective required for viewing 1940s Nazi Germany through the lens of Marxist alienation, the Nazi regime must be abstractified and analyzed as a business, and its subjects as laborers. The Nazi regime, like a business, has only one purpose: obtaining value. For the Nazi regime, that value is power for the Fuhrer. For a Nazi regime fighting a losing war, that value is also whatever helps the regime in the war effort: reporting traitors, promoting loyalty to the Fuhrer, willingly surrendering everything for the war, and most importantly, keeping Hitler in power. A citizen, soldier, Jew, any citizen of Germany serves only one purpose to the Nazi regime: generating value. In return, Germans are rewarded favor with the Nazi party: for some that means additional power, for others, living another day.

The welfare of foreign workers in Singapore is not taken care of seriously. Welfare refers to a person or a groups’ happiness, health and well-being. In this essay, I will be looking it from three different perspectives of why the welfare is not taken care of seriously. Firstly, the treatment they received, next, the food they eat and lastly the living conditions that they stay in.