SZ Photo - Forced laborers in the Second World War

Under Nazi rule forced labour of an unprecedented scale took place. Millions of people - KZ inmates, prisoners of war and the civil population of occupied countries, (amongst others) - are forced to work in large- and small scale- enterprises, companies, government agencies, on farms and in private households. Forced labour is the foundation of wartime economy. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.