{"product_id":"ost-letters-memoirs-and-stories-from-ostarbeiter-in-nazi-germany","title":"OST : Letters, Memoirs and Stories from Ostarbeiter in Nazi Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn Ostarbeiter was an 'Eastern Worker', rounded up by Nazi Germany from the captured territories in Central and Eastern Europe. By the end of the war, it is estimated that approximately 3 million to 5.5. million Ostarbeiter were forced to work in guarded work camps, many of them younger than 16 years old - at which age they would be conscripted for military service.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOstarbeiter worked 12 hours a day on starvation on rations; as ethnic Slavs, they were treated with extraordinary brutality by Nazi guards who considered them 'sub-human' by the standards of the Aryan master race. They were distinguished by the label 'OST' sewn onto their uniforms. OST is based on over two hundred personal accounts, hundreds of hours of interviews, and over 350,000 letters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis important publication will ensure that the voices of the brutalised and displaced Ostarbeiter will not be forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: UK, 2021\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Granta Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 496\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13: 9781783785278\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10: 1783785276\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Memorial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39574346760295,"sku":"","price":44.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9781783785278.jpg?v=1640088750","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/ost-letters-memoirs-and-stories-from-ostarbeiter-in-nazi-germany","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}