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List Of Subcamps Of Gross Rosen
Below is the list of subcamps of Gross-Rosen concentration camp, a complex of Nazi concentration camps built and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II. The camps are arranged alphabetically by their Nazi German designation. For the list of present-day locations in alphabetical order, please use table-sort buttons. The majority of prisoners came from occupied Poland (up to 90% in some subcamps) both Christian and Jewish (usually separated). Most, were put to work as slave labour in textile, armament, mining and defence construction industries. Other nationalities included Czechs, Slovaks, Roma, Belgians, Frenchmen, Russians, Yugoslavs, Hungarians and even ethnically German and Italian inmates. Thousands were brought in from Auschwitz after the selection to work for a network of German companies which ballooned in size during this period; with dozens of subcontractors. The inmates of ''Dyhernfurth'' for example, were utilized by almost thirty Nazi German startups. List of su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gross may refer to: Finance *Gross Cash Registers, a defunct UK company with a high profile in the 1970s *Gross (economics), is the total income before deducting expenses Science and measurement * Gross (unit), a counting unit equal to 144 items *Gross weight * Gross heating value, see Heat of combustion Places * Gross, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Gross, Kansas, an unincorporated community *Gross mine, a gold mine in Russia *Gross, Nebraska, a village *Gross Hills, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica *33800 Gross, an asteroid Other uses *Gross (surname) *In golf, the gross score is the number of strokes taken before accounting for any handicap allowances *"In gross", legally associated with a legal person as opposed to a piece of land; as in: ** Easement in gross as opposed to ''easement appurtenant'' ** Hereditary in gross service, as opposed to ''serjeanty'' ** Profit in gross as opposed to ''profit appurtenant'' ** Villein in gross (tied to the lord) as opposed to ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolków
Bolków (german: Bolkenhain) is a town in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Bolków and part of the '' Neisse-Nysa-Nisa'' Euroregion. Overview The town lies at the Nysa Szalona River, approximately south-west of Jauer, and west of the regional capital Breslau. it is located within the historic region of Lower Silesia. As of June 2021, it has a population of 4,864. History In the Middle Ages it was a small settlement within the fragmented Polish Kingdom, it was first mentioned as ''Hain'' and granted town rights in 1276. The oldest known mention of the Bolków Castle dates back to 1277 and the reign of Duke Bolesław II the Bald. It was significantly expanded by his son, Duke Bolko I the Strict. During the reign of Bolko's successors, Bernard of Świdnica and Bolko II the Small, the castle became one of the most powerful strongholds in Silesia and a treasury was also lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olszyniec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Olszyniec (german: Erlenbusch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Walim, south-east of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1335. During World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ..., Germans established a sub-camp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village.Abraham Kajzer, ''Za drutami śmierci'', Muzeum Gross-Rosen, Wałbrzych, 2013 (in Polish) References Villages in Wałbrzych County {{Wałbrzych-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brzeg Dolny
Brzeg Dolny (german: Dyhernfurth) is a town in Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is located north-west of Wrocław on the Oder River, and is the site of a large chemical plant complex, PCC Rokita SA. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 12,395. It is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area. History The oldest West Slavs, Slavic settlements in present-day Brzeg Dolny date back to the early Middle Ages. In the 10th century the area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I of Poland. Brzeg Dolny was first mentioned under the Old Polish name ''Brzege'' in a 1353 deed as a part of the Duchy of Wrocław, then within the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, Bohemian (Czech) Crown Lands. The Warzyń district is older, mentioned as a village in a 1261 document of Duke Henry III the White when the region was still part of medieval Piast dynasty, Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385), Poland. There was a ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Riese
Riese (; German for "giant") was the code name for a construction project of Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1945. It consisted of seven underground structures in the Owl Mountains and Książ Castle in Lower Silesia, which was then Nazi Germany and is now Poland. None of them were finished, and all are in different states of completion with only eleven per cent reinforced by concrete. The purpose of the project remains uncertain because of the lack of documentation. Some sources suggest that all the structures were part of the ''Führer'' Headquarters; according to others, it was a combination of headquarters (HQ) and arms industry but comparison to similar facilities can indicate that only the castle was adapted as an HQ or other official residence and the tunnels in the Owl Mountains were planned as a network of underground factories. The construction work was done by forced labourers, prisoners of war (POWs), and prisoners of concentration camps, and many lost their lives, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolce
Kolce (pronounced ; german: Dörnhau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głuszyca, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It lies approximately south-east of Głuszyca, south-east of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou .... References Kolce {{Wałbrzych-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowogród Bobrzański
Nowogród Bobrzański (german: Naumburg am Bober) is a town on the Bóbr river in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,165 inhabitants (2019). It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański. The gmina was created through the integration of Nowogród Bobrzański with the nearby Krzystkowice. It covers the area of 259,4 km2.Nowogród Bobrzański Strona internetowa miasta (homepage) . History 
The historic town was established in 1202 on the eastern banks of the Bóbr as the seat of a Castellan of
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Bukowiec, Jelenia Góra County
Bukowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Mysłakowice, south-east of Jelenia Góra, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. The landmarks of Bukowiec are the Gothic Saint Martin church, the Baroque Saint John the Baptist church, and the Neoclassical palace complex with an adjacent park and an observation tower. During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp at the local sanatorium, whose prisoners were Jews. Notable residents * Horst Brünner (1929–2008), Deputy Defense Minister in the East German Council of Ministers and chief of the Central Political Administration of the National People's Army The National People's Army (german: Nationale Volksarmee, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. The NVA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler (; 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, humanitarian and a member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He is the subject of the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' and its 1993 film adaptation, ''Schindler's List'', which reflected his life as an opportunist initially motivated by profit, who came to show extraordinary initiative, tenacity, courage, and dedication in saving the lives of his Jewish employees. Schindler grew up in Zwittau, Moravia, and worked in several trades until he joined the '' Abwehr'', the military intelligence service of Nazi Germany, in 1936. He joined the Nazi Party in 1939. Prior to the beginning of German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, he collected information on railways and troop movements for the German government. He was arres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
