The German National Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn) deployed forced labourers from occupied countries on a large scale. In Berlin alone, more than 20,000 foreigners worked at railway stations, in track construction, baggage handling or carriage repairs.

Józef Przedpełski took the S-Bahn daily from the station Gesundbrunnen to his work at the Reichsbahn repair depot Schöneweide, now the main S-Bahn repair shop.

More on forced labour for the Reichsbahn in the tour ”Forced Labour was everywhere”, stops 1 and 4, and in tour ”Through the City of Camps”, stop 7