Forced displacement of the civilian population of Taganrogfor to forced labor in the Third Reich: experience of complex characteristics

Abstract

The presented research is based on an extensive source base, including materials of the management activities of the German occupation administration and collaborationist structures, characterizing the forced sending of Taganrog residents to forced labor in Germany, including those from the funds of the Taganrog Branch of the State Archive of the Rostov Region. Within the framework of the proposed paper, a systemic reconstruction of the social and managerial mechanism created by the Nazi administration in occupied Taganrog was carried out, aimed at the constant implementation of the forced displacement of the civilian population to Germany for subsequent work, localized in a differentiated system of local economic institutions. Systemic processes related to the official registration of Soviet citizens at the labor exchange, the formation of group lists of displaced persons, their preliminary distribution according to the stated requests of potential employers were consistently reflected. The study also identified specific representatives of the occupation administration and collaborationist structures directly involved in the forced displacement of the civilian population of Taganrog to the Third Reich.