Die Heeresgruppe Mitte

Ihre Rolle bei der Deportation weißrussischer Kinder nach Deutschland im Frühjahr 1944

Authors

  • Johannes-Dieter Steinert

Keywords:

elorussian children as forced labourers, Army Group Centre, decision-making process, imprisonment, collaboration, Red Army, Wehrmacht

Abstract

Based on German and Belorussian archives as well as on testimonies, this paper examines the deportation of Belorussian children as forced labourers to Germany by units of Army Group Centre in 1944. It analyses the decision-making process, the imprisonment of thousands of children, their deportation, employment in Germany, the role of Belorussian collaborators, and finally the liberation of the children by the Red Army. By focussing on the participation of German military units in deporting child forced labourers, the article sheds light on the contemporary and post-war web of lies to create and maintain the myth of the ‘clean’ Wehrmacht.

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Published

2019-08-02

How to Cite

Steinert, Johannes-Dieter. 2019. “Die Heeresgruppe Mitte: Ihre Rolle Bei Der Deportation weißrussischer Kinder Nach Deutschland Im Frühjahr 1944”. S: I.M.O.N. Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation. 3 (1):54-63. https://simon.vwi.ac.at/index.php/simon/article/view/109.

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016): S:I.M.O.N. SHOAH: INTERVENTION. METHODS. DOCUMENTATION.

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