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the British in particular, who after the abolition of slavery in the 19th century, took countless workers from India and China as indentured labourers and deported them to colonies on other continents. In [...] labourers under certain conditions, but as they could not decide on the nature and duration of their work in the German Reich, their employment was considered forced labour. German authorities initially tried [...] at the end of 1916, not least on the initiative of entrepreneurs. However, most of them refused to work in Germany and the deportations were largely stopped in early 1917. The recruitment of civilians in

combination of the words 'smoke' and 'fog' to form 'smog'. As the number of coal mines and smelting works increased, black smoke became a widespread phenomenon in the British Isles, eventually covering the [...] of rivers and the damage to forestry and agriculture led to growing protests. The health risks to workers, who were exposed to chlorine, sulphur and hydrochloric acid gases with virtually no protection, [...] metropolis - during the "Great Stink" of 1858, even the honourable Members of Parliament had to stop work. Taller chimneys for factories and power stations, now widely required, improved the air in the immediate

the factory was located had its own housing estate for the workers, a kindergarten and the director’s villa. It even had its own electricity works at a time when the town of Luxemburg was still lit by gas

sea – one of the advantages of wireless telegraphy. Today radio, television and mobile telephones work on the same principle. At first only a very few people recognised the commercial potential of the

that he wanted to look for a gas that was easy to obtain and could be used without any construction work. In September, the murderous effects of Zyklon B, a pesticide based on hydrogen cyanide, were tested [...] 1000 Jews at a time. Up to 90% were sent to the gas chambers at the railway station as "unfit for work". Already deprived of their civil rights, they were immediately stripped of their valuables, then [...] ovens to cope with the large number of victims, the engineer Fritz Sander designed a model that would work continuously with an even supply of corpses: a cremation conveyor belt. "Topf and Sons“ applied for

Italy Minett Tour The steel industry shaped the landscape, factories and blast furnaces rose, and workers formed an unfamiliar kind of settlements. more Regional Routes in the Netherlands Silesia Silesian

INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SUMMER SCHOOL INTERDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND PRACTICE-ORIENTED PROJECT WORK FOR STUDENTS Listen The European Industrial Heritage Summer School is aimed at students from a variety [...] studies. The intensive program combines interdisciplinary knowledge transfer with practical project work. In preparation of the Summer School, the participants visit an industrial heritage site in their [...] knowledge about industrial heritage in its broadest sense. In the second part, small groups of students work individually on own projects. International experts are there to help them reflect on their ideas

production landscape developed in the 1890s. Copenhagen, with its iron works, textile factories and expanding districts of workers’ housing, was its undisputed centre. Soon, one third of all Danes were [...] such as Hungary, Spain and Greece, which continued to depend on agriculture while coal mines, iron works and textile factories were becoming established, slipped into poverty. By contrast, Denmark developed [...] Coast (now part of Ghana) to three small Danish islands in the Caribbean, where most were forced to work in the sugar cane plantations. In addition to sugar, the merchants then brought tobacco and coffee

An important advance in iron smelting was achieved in 1766 by the entrepreneur Henry Cort: his workers had to constantly stir ("to puddle") the pig iron on an open hearth, the "puddling furnace", so that

working conditions and the miserable wages. The workers fought back in bitter strikes and the region developed into a centre of the early European workers' movement. Liège and its surroundings, well connected [...] Economy of Belgium World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Belgium? Grand Hornu. Mine and Workers Settlement