Ost-Arbeiter

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! OST-Arbeiter (German: Ostarbeiter, English: Eastern Workers) was a designation for slave workers gathered from Eastern Europe to do forced labor in Germany during World War II. The Ostarbeiters were mostly from the territory of Reichskommissariat Ukraine (eastern Ukraine). Ukrainians made up the largest portion although many Belarusians, Russians, Poles and Tatars were also present. Estimates put the number of OST-Arbeiters between 3 million and 5.5 million. Some estimates place the number as high as 8.5 million workers.