German Equipment Works

German Equipment Works (Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke, DAW) was a Nazi German defense contractor with headquarters in Berlin during World War II, owned and operated by the Schutzstaffel (SS). It consisted of a network of requisitioned factories and camp workshops across German-occupied Europe exploiting the prisoner slave labour from Nazi concentration camps and the Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland. DAW outfitted the German military with boots, uniforms and materials on the eastern front at a windfall profit,[1] and provided wood and metal supplies, as well as reconstruction work on railway lines and freight trains.[2]

  1. ^ Judith M. Hughes (2014). The Holocaust and the Revival of Psychological History. Cambridge University Press. pp. 103–105. ISBN 978-1107056824.
  2. ^ "Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke (DAW)" (PDF). Offenes Archiv, Hamburg. 1/8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17 – via Open Archives, Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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