Praca przymusowa jeńców wojennych w Bytomiu w latach II wojny światowej

Abstract

During World War II Upper Silesia was to strengthen the German economic potential by maximizing the involvement of industrial infrastructure for the needs of military operations. The strategic location of Bytom in the region was determined by the possibility of a quick transformation of the existing production from socially useful for the needs of the war economy. This plan was implemented in the second half of the 1930s. Upper Silesia, as a center of heavy industry, was to compete with the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. After the outbreak of World War II, Bytom became part of the Katowice poviat. Heavy industry plants located in and around the city (mines, steel mills and steel mills cooperating with them) were subordinated to the Bytom-Północ Mining Authority (Bergamt Beuthen-Nord), the Bytom-Południe Mining Authority (Bergamt Beuthen-Süd) and partially the Gliwice-Północ Mining Authority (Bergamt Gleiwitz-Nord).