Die Sklaverei und die Deutschen

The German Involvement in Injustice. Unspeakable suffering marks the history of slavery: women, men, and children were torn from their families, robbed of their homeland, and forced to toil—often under brutal working and living conditions. For a long time, the belief persisted that Germans had nothing to do with slavery, but historians are now uncovering new traces of German actors in archives—people who either took freedom from others or benefited from their enslavement. Authors and scholars from SPIEGEL investigate the German role in slavery: from medieval serfdom to German merchants and plantation owners during the colonial era, to prisoners in World War II. The debate on how slavery continues to manifest in the form of racism and discrimination in our present has only just begun. This book provides background knowledge, complete with illustrations.