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1944 (27 Jun) Third Reich, Germany, Multilingual Ostarbeiter-Sparkarte (Eastern Worker Savings Card), Official Nazi Wartime Document for a Civilian Forced Laborer from the Occupied Soviet Territories, More Details in Description

Germany / Third Reich (1933-1945)

This Lot is a multilingual Ostarbeiter-Sparkarte (Card No. 503126) belonged to a Sowiet forced laborer.

It documents her forced labor deployment at the Heeresmunitionsanstalt Altengrabow, a major German army ammunition plant in Saxony-Anhalt, where she was forced to handle hazardous explosives between January 6 and June 27, 1944. During this nearly six-month period, a total of 127 Reichsmarks was deducted from her wages, as verified by the weekly stamps glued inside.

As an Ostarbeiter (Eastern Worker) from the occupied Soviet territories, she belonged to the most heavily exploited group of civilian laborers under the Nazi regime. Although the conditions on the back of the card officially promised that the funds would be safely paid out in her local currency after the war, this savings system was actually a deceptive propaganda tool designed to reduce cash circulation in wartime Germany. In reality, the money directly financed the German war economy, and the promised payouts were never realized.

 

Provenance: Ex Werbizky.

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