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

该项目旨在首次调查Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG(OHW)Blechhammer的历史，从而利用最近才可以访问的档案来源。1939年，帝国经济发展办公室委托成立了关注四年计划，一些硬质煤炭公司参与其中。该工厂计划在第三个帝国矿物油计划的框架内生产合成燃料，位于Kandrzin(1934-1945)附近的Blechhamm，即今天的Kedzierzyn。在1939/40年开始的施工阶段，多达20 000名强迫劳动者、战俘和囚犯，其中包括4 000至6 000名犹太人，不得不在现场工作。1942年，施梅尔特组织为犹太人建立的工厂强迫劳改营，在1944年4月被改造成奥斯维辛集中营的卫星。该研究项目将在第三帝国战争经济的更大背景下，分析关注点在上西里西亚工业区的作用。特别令人感兴趣的是，该行业与纳粹的日耳化政策交织在一起，这一政策在城市规划中也很明显，以及对所谓的外国人(Fremdvölkiche)的剥削，这些外国人主要是波兰人和犹太人，作为劳工，他们与工厂的存在有着千丝万缕的联系，并被纳入奥斯维辛集中营和灭绝营的结构中。在方法上，该项目将同样包括纠缠历史方法的各个方面，以及对营地生活的深入描述。]

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. ]