ABSTRACT

Death Comes in Yellow" presents the history of one slave labor camp in order to shed light on all aspects of the slave labor camps established in Poland under German occupation. Hasag-Skarzysko was one of hundreds of camps scattered throughout occupied Poland. They were distinguished by size, the nationality of the prisoners, their location, the date of their establishment, and the authority in charge. The large number of labor camps reflected the German policy of exploiting the work forces of the occupied countries. These camps were part of a Europe-wide system of forced labor.
The first part of this volume reviews the external history of the camp. The second section, which studies the internal workings of the camp, is quite different in approach and includes an analysis of prisoner society and a moving description of the individual prisoner's struggle to survive.

chapter 1|16 pages

The Hasag Enigma

chapter 6|24 pages

The Struggle to Survive

chapter 7|19 pages

The Kuehnemann-Pollmer Partnership

chapter 8|20 pages

The History of Werk B

chapter 9|19 pages

Under a Cloud of Picric Acid and TNT

chapter 10|18 pages

The Yellow Kingom of Lady Markowiczowa

chapter 11|30 pages

“Life Can Be Good—Even in Werk C”

chapter 12|5 pages

The Last Act