Neighborhood Tour: NS Forced Labor in Volkmarsdorf

with Tom Schremmer

With over 75,000 victims and more than 500 accommodations within the city limits, Leipzig played a central role in the system of National Socialist forced labor. While Saxon armaments companies like HASAG employed forced laborers on a large scale, an often-forgotten chapter of this history took place away from the major companies and assembly camps.

Volkmarsdorf and Neustadt-Neuschönefeld were typical, densely built-up working-class districts during the Nazi era. Small and medium-sized businesses such as car repair shops and laundries were located here, exploiting the cheap labor. In the numerous pubs and dance halls, large companies like HASAG, Erla-Werke, or Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe housed their forced laborers. They lived door-to-door with the Leipzig population.

The tour leads through Volkmarsdorf and Neustadt-Neuschönefeld – past former workplaces and camps, of which only a few traces are still visible today.

Meeting point: 11:00 AM at Neustädter Markt
Tram 1, 3, 8, Bus 70 (Hermann-Liebmann / Eisenbahnstraße)
Duration: approx. 2 hours, ending at Rabet

Participation is free and possible without registration.

https://www.zwangsarbeit-in-leipzig.de/de/zwangsarbeit-in-leipzig/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen-archiv/2026/51

https://www.planlos-leipzig.