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The second group of recruits go to work

09 07 1942

Article 10 – published in Novo vreme on 09.07.1942 on page 4

Article shortly brings the news from town of Kikinda in Banat, that the second group of recruited workers have gone to work to replace the first group. The big headline tells about importance of the topic for Nazi propagandists since other short news are also published, but the theme of work has been chosen for the title.

Articles presented in “Historical Newspapers” category are from historic newspapers printed in Belgrade from 1941 till 1944. Most of the articles  have been printed in Novo vreme – New Times magazine. This magazine has been printed by collaborationist government and thus reflects propagandistic and positive attitudes towards Third Reich and labor issues including the forced and voluntary labor. A whole range of themes covered in articles present the complexity of forced labor in that time and a huge effort by collaborationist government and the media supporting it to present labor issue in a way suitable for Third Reich and its goal of acquiring sufficient number of workers from Serbia in one way or another.