"...low wages were fixed for the German slaves,
but as a rule these wages were never paid..."

Here we see another contrast between the treatment given to German post-war prisoners by the Virtuous Victors, and the treatment which the Nasty Nazis accorded even their wartime prisoners. For the payment situation of forced laborers in the Nazi concentration camps, please see Concentration Camp Money. Another significant clue regarding the financial status of prisoners detained in Third Reich concentration camps may be found in the article The Facts About the Origins of the Concentration Camps and Their Administration, specifically in this paragraph.