Eastern worker levy

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As Ostarbeiterabgabe was in the Nazi time a special tax referred, which was introduced to prevent forced labor in particular so-called Eastern workers , the German labor completely from the relevant professions repressed .

The levy was introduced on June 30, 1942 with the “Ordinance on the Conditions of Employment of Eastern Workers” (RGBl. I, 1942, p. 419 ff.). The wages for forced laborers were calculated on the basis of the wages of a German worker, after deduction of social security contributions, accommodation and food costs and the so-called Eastern worker tax, so that the wages actually paid were very low.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ordinance on the conditions of employment of Eastern workers (RGBl. I, 1942, p. 419).