Sub camps

  • Jawischowitz-Auschwitz Subcamp

    Jawischowitz was a sub-camp located in the village of Jawiszowice (German: Jawischowitz). Prisoners held there were forced to work in two shafts of the Brzeszcze coal mine, situated in Jawiszowice and Brzeszcze. The camp began operating in mid-August 1942, when 150 French Jews arrived under an agreement between the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office

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  • The Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp, located in the Alsace region of France, remains a stark reminder of the cruelty and inhumanity of the Nazi regime during World War II. Established in May 1941, it was the only concentration camp set up by the Nazis on what is now French territory. Originally intended to house political prisoners

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  • In total, historians estimate over 42,000 camps and ghettos were established by the Nazis across Europe, Malchow was one of them Malchow concentration camp was a subcamp of the Ravensbrück concentration camp, established by Nazi Germany during World War II. Located in Malchow, Mecklenburg, it is believed to have opened in the winter of 1943.

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