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The Compulsory Work Service law — The requisition of the young for Germany, 16 February 1943
Laval’s law requisitioned the 1940–1942 classes for the Reich’s factories: six hundred thousand went — but tens of thousands of refusers took to the woods. The STO was, despite itself, the maquis’ best recruiter. (Editorial synthesis)
The Compulsory Work Service law took place on 16 February 1943. (source: Archives nationales and Ministère des Armées)
The Compulsory Work Service law ended in six hundred thousand requisitioned for Germany — and thousands of refusers to the maquis. (source: Archives nationales and Ministère des Armées)
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