PBS - Hitler's Slaves: Forced Labour Under the Nazis (2021)

At first, forced labour was used to break down and humiliate the Nazis’ political opponents as well as ordinary prisoners and the so-called 'asocials' (including Jews, Sinti and Roma). Over time, the Nazis exploited more and forced workers, men and women, to support the war economy. After Germany’s invasion of Poland and the occupation of western Europe, the work-force of the defeated nations became a significant part of Germany’s war booty.

Chapter 1: Exploitation 1933-1941
The story of Hitler's army of slave labourers, suffering under a brutal system that sought to exploit them to the utmost. At first forced labour was used to break down and humiliate the Nazis' political opponents as well as ordinary prisoners and the so-called 'asocials' (including Jews, Sinti and Roma). But over time, the Nazis exploited more and forced workers, men and women, to support the war economy.

Chapter 2: Annihilation 1942-1944
How the system of Nazi forced labour became increasingly radical, with some prisoners categorised as 'sub-human' and suffering terribly from the racism of the German population.

Chapter 3: Atonement 1945-Today
Charts the escalation of the Nazi forced labour system. As the war neared its end, more and more forced labourers died, through work, on the Death Marches and by mass murder. And after the war, the fate of the forced labourers was denied and concealed in both west and east Germany.