List of subcamps of Auschwitz
Entrance to Trzebinia, a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp, 1945
The following, is the list of subcamps of the Auschwitz concentration camp run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. The list, supplied by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum,[1] identifies camps of Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II (Birkenau), and Auschwitz III (Monowitz). The satellite camps were named Aussenlager (external camp), Nebenlager (extension or subcamp), and Arbeitslager (labor camp). Some of them were less than ten kilometers away from the main camps, with prisoner populations ranging from several dozen to several thousand.[1]
Subcamps of KL Auschwitz
Guarded by the SS division of the Totenkopfverbände, the known sub-camps of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau included:[2]
| # | Name of the subcamp | Location | Life time | Number of prisoners | Tenant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Harmense (Geflügelfarm) | Harmęże | Dec 1941 - Jan 1945 | About 150 prisoners | For purposes of KL |
| 2. | Budy (Wirtschaftshof) | Brzeszcze | Apr 1942 - Jan 1945 | 700-800 prisoners | For purposes of KL |
| 3. | Babitz (Wirtschaftshof) | Babice near Oświęcim | Mar 1943 - Jan 1945 | About 340 prisoners | For purposes of KL |
| 4. | Birkenau (Wirtschaftshof) | Brzezinka near Oświęcim | 1943 - Jan 1945 | More than 200 prisoners | For purposes of KL |
| 5. | Rajsko (Gärtnerei) | Rajsko | Jun 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 300 female prisoners | For purposes of KL and SS research |
| 6. | Plawy (Wirtschaftshof) | Pławy | Dec 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 200 prisoners | For purposes of KL |
| 7. | Golleschau | Goleszów | Jul 1942 - Jan 1945 | About 1,000 prisoners | Ostdeutsche Baustoffwerke GmbH |
| 8. | Jawischowitz | Jawiszowice | Aug 1942 - Jan 1945 | More than 2,500 prisoners | Herman Göring Werke |
| 9. | Chelmek (Aussenkommando) | Chełmek | Oct 1942 - Dec 1942 | About 150 prisoners | Ota Schlesische Schuhwerke ("Bata") |
| 10. | Monowitz Buna-Werke [3] | Monowice near Oświęcim | Oct 1942 - Jan 1945 | 10,223 prisoners in three IG Farben locations as of 17 January 1945.[4] | IG Farbenindustrie |
| 11. | Eintrachthütte | Świętochłowice | May 1943 - Jan 1945 | 1,374 prisoners | Berghütte |
| 12. | Neu-Dachs | Jaworzno | Jun 1943 - Jan 1945 | More than 3,500 prisoners | Energieversorgung Oberschlesien Aktiengesellschaft (EVO) |
| 13. | Fürstengrube | Wesoła near Mysłowice | Sep 1943 - Jan 1945 | 700-1,200 prisoners | IG Farbenindustrie |
| 14. | Janinagrube (Gute Hoffnung) | Libiąż | Sep 1943 - Jan 1945 | 877 prisoners | IG Farbenindustrie |
| 15. | Lagischa | Łagisza, now Będzin | Sep 1943 - Sep 1944 | About 1,000 prisoners | Energie-Versorgung Oberschlesien AG |
| 16. | Günthergrube | Lędziny | Feb 1944 - Jan 1945 | 300-600 prisoners | IG Farbenindustrie |
| 17. | Gleiwitz I | Gliwice | Mar 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 1,300 prisoners | Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk |
| 18. | Laurahütte | Siemianowice Śląskie | Mar/Apr 1944 - Jan 1945 | 1,000 prisoners | Rheenmetall Borsig AG |
| 19. | Blechhammer | Sławięcice near Blachownia Śląska | Apr 1944 - Jan 1945 | 609 prisoners | O/S Hydrierwerke AG |
| 20. | Bobrek | Bobrek near Oświęcim | May 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 50-213 prisoners and about 50 female prisoners | Siemens-Schuckert |
| 21. | Gleiwitz II | Gliwice | May 1944 - Jan 1945 | More than 1,000 prisoners | Deutsche Gasrusswerke |
| 22. | Sosnowitz II | Sosnowiec [5] | May 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 900 prisoners | Ost Maschinenbau GmbH (Berghüte) |
| 23. | Gleiwitz III | Gliwice | Jul 1944 - Jan 1945 | 450-600 prisoners | Zieleniewski - Maschinen und Waggonbau GmbH - Krakau |
| 24. | Hindenburg | Zabrze | Aug 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 400-500 female prisoners and about 70 prisoners | Vereinigte Oberschlesische Hüttenwerke AG (Oberhütten) |
| 25. | Trzebinia | Trzebionka near Trzebinia | Aug 1944 - Jan 1945 | 600-800 prisoners | Erdölrafinerie Trzebinia GmbH |
| 26. | Tschechowitz (Bombensucherkommando) | Czechowice-Dziedzice | Aug 1944 - Sep 1944 | About 100 prisoners | Reichsbahn |
| 27. | Althammer | Stara Kuźnia near Halemby, now Ruda Śląska | Sep 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 500 prisoners | |
| 28. | Bismarckhütte | Chorzów | Sep 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 200 prisoners | Berghütte |
| 29. | Charlottengrube | Rydułtowy | Sep 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 1,000 prisoners | Hermann Göring Werke |
| 30. | Neustadt | Prudnik | Sep 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 400 female prisoners | Schlesische Feinweberei AG |
| 31. | Tschechowitz-Vacuum | Czechowice-Dziedzice | Sep 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 600 prisoners | |
| 32. | Hubertushütte | Łagiewniki, now Bytom | Dec 1944 - Jan 1945 | 200 prisoners | Berghütte-Königs und Birmarckhütte AG |
| 33. | Freudenthal | Bruntal | 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 300 female prisoners | Emmerich Machold |
| 34. | Lichtewerden | Světlá (now Czech Republic) | Nov 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 300 female prisoners | G.A. Buhl und Sohn |
| 35. | Sosnitz | Sośnica near Gliwice | Jul 1940 - Aug 1940 | About 30 prisoners | For purposes of KL |
| 36. | Porombka (SS-Hütte) | Międzybrodzie Bialskie | Oct/Nov 1940 - Jan 1945 | About 50 prisoners and about 10 female prisoners | For purposes of SS |
| 37. | Altdorf | Stara Wieś near Pszczyna | Oct 1942 - 1943 | About 20 prisoners | Oberforestamt Pless |
| 38. | Radostowitz | Radostowice near Pszczyna | 1942 - 1943 | About 20 prisoners | Oberforestamt Pless |
| 39. | Kobier (Aussenkommando) | Kobiór | 1942 - Sep 1943 | About 150 prisoners | Oberforestamt Pless |
| 40. | Brünn | Brno | Oct 1943 - Apr 1945 | 250-150 prisoners | For purposes of SS |
| 41. | Sosnowitz (I) | Sosnowiec | Aug 1943 - Feb 1944 | About 100 prisoners | |
| 42. | Gleiwitz IV | Gliwice | Jun 1944 - Jan 1945 | About 500 prisoners | For purposes of SS |
| 43. | Kattowitz (Sonderkommando) | Katowice | Jan 1944 - Jan 1945 | 10 prisoners | Gestapo |
| 44. | Bauzug (2 SS) | Karlsruhe, after Stuttgart | Sep 1944 - Oct 1944 | About 500 prisoners living in a train | SS-WVHA |
See also
References
- 1 2 Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (2014), Podobozy KL Auschwitz (Subcamps of KL Auschwitz). Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ J Mayer (20 Feb 2011). "Subcamps from KL Auschwitz". Der Ort des Terrors - Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager. Band 5. Axis History. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ↑ John F. Ptak (September 23, 2008), Distinguishing Oświęcim (town), Auschwitz I, II, & III, and the Buna Werke. From the “Pamphlet Collection” of the Library of Congress.
- ↑ Museum webpage (2015). "Podobozy KL Auschwitz. Historia (Subcamps of KL Auschwitz. History)". Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ Prof. Stuart Stein: "Affidavit of Dieter Wisliceny", from Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume VIII. USGPO, Washington, 1946, pages 606–619. Note: SS-Hauptsturmführer Dieter Wisliceny in his testimony given before the International Military Tribunal at Nurnberg, 3 January 1946, erroneously identifies the Auschwitz concentration camp complex as the concentration area Sosnowitz (which was one of its dozens of subcamps).
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