The Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG (OHW) and the Auschwitz Subcamp of Blechhammer, 1939-1945]

Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG (OHW) 和 Blechhammer 奥斯威辛集中营，1939-1945 年]

• 批准号: 219072321
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Hans Henning Hahn
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Geschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2011-12-31 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/219072321?language=en
• 关键词: Oberschlesische; Hydrierwerke; AG; OHW; Auschwitz

The project aims at investigating for the first time the history of the Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG (OHW) Blechhammer, thereby drawing on archival sources that have only recently become accessible. In 1939, the Reich Office for Economic Development commissioned the foundation of the Four Year Plan concern with the participation of a number of hard coal companies. The plant, intended to produce synthetic fuel within the framework of the Third Reichs mineral oil programme, was situated in Blechhammer near Kandrzin (1934-45 Heydebreck), today Kedzierzyn. During the construction phase started in 1939/40, up to 20,000 forced labourers, POWs and prisoners, among them between 4,000 and 6,000 Jews, had to work on-site. The plants forced labour camp for Jews set up by Organisation Schmelt in 1942 was turned into a satellite of the Auschwitz concentration camp in April 1944. The research project is going to analyze the concerns role in the industrial region of Upper Silesia within the larger context of the Third Reichs war economy. Of particular interest will be the intertwining of the industry with the Nazi policy of Germanization, which also became manifest in city planning, as well as the exploitation of so-called foreign nationals (Fremdvölkische), mainly Poles and Jews, as labourers, inextricably linked to the plants integration into the structures of the Auschwitz labour and extermination camp. Methodologically, the project will equally encompass aspects of the entangled histories approach and a thick description of camp life. ]

该项目旨在首次调查Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG（OHW）Blechhammer的历史，从而利用最近才能访问的档案资源。1939年，赖希经济发展办公室委托多家硬煤公司参与建立了四年计划。该工厂旨在第三帝国矿物油计划的框架内生产合成燃料，位于Kandrzin（1934-45 Heydebreck）附近的Blechhammer，今天的Kedzierzyn。在1939年至1940年开始的建设阶段，多达20，000名强迫劳动者，战俘和囚犯，其中4，000至6，000名犹太人，不得不在现场工作。1942年由施梅尔特组织建立的犹太人强迫劳动营在1944年4月变成了奥斯威辛集中营的卫星。该研究项目将在第三帝国战争经济的大背景下分析上西里西亚工业区的作用。特别令人感兴趣的是该工业与纳粹德国化政策的交织，这一政策在城市规划中也变得明显，以及剥削所谓的外国国民（Fremdvölkische），主要是波兰人和犹太人作为劳工，这与工厂融入奥斯威辛劳动和灭绝营的结构密不可分。在方法上，该项目将同样包括纠缠的历史方法和集中营生活的详细描述。]