La Organizacion Todt: Los Esclavos de Hitler

Adolf Hitler called it "the greatest construction organization of all time." Under the leadership of Fritz Todt and Albert Speer, the Todt Organization (OT) brought together Germany's leading engineers and architects to realize the Nazi regime's vision. Over time, it became a key collaborator with the SS and the Wehrmacht, participating in operations that led to the deaths of millions of people. Journalist and historian Charles Dick exposes the magnitude of the OT and its influence throughout Europe and the Reich. During the war, its vast construction projects were sustained by a system of slave labor: the largest exploitation of foreign labor since the end of the transatlantic slave trade. Engineers and builders, "ordinary" men, committed some of the most heinous war crimes for the sole purpose of increasing their productivity. Drawing on the voices of those who suffered this nightmare firsthand, Dick exposes the harsh conditions of the workers, the treatment they received, and how they tried to survive day by day. Meanwhile, senior officials were embroiled in their own schemes, which cost the lives of Jews, Poles, Italians, Russians, Spaniards... Despite its enormous network, the OT largely escaped judicial scrutiny after Germany's defeat. This book reveals its dark and complex legacy for the first time.