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Ãœberlingen-Aufkirch Concentration Camp
The Überlingen-Aufkirch concentration camp (German language, German: ''Konzentrationslager- (KZ) Außerlager Überlingen-Aufkirch'') was a List of subcamps of Dachau, subcamp of Dachau concentration camp that existed from September 1944 to April 1945. Around 700 prisoners were used to build the Goldbach Tunnels (Goldbacher Stollen), to which armament manufacturing was to move from the existing plants in Friedrichshafen. At least 170 prisoners were killed by the Schutzstaffel, SS or died due to the work and living conditions. History The Überlingen-Aufkirch subcamp was created so that arms production could be moved from factories in Friedrichshafen to tunnels in the villages of Überlingen#Hamlets and villages, Aufkirch and Überlingen#Hamlets and villages, Goldbach, in the municipality of Überlingen. Starting in June 1943, the production facilities of the companies Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Maybach-Motorenbau, ZF Friedrichshafen, Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, and the Dornier Flu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Concentration Camp
From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps (), including subcamp (SS), subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe. The first camps were established in March 1933 immediately after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Following the Night of Long Knives, 1934 purge of the Sturmabteilung, SA, the concentration camps were run exclusively by the Schutzstaffel, SS via the Concentration Camps Inspectorate and later the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office. Initially, most prisoners were members of the Communist Party of Germany, but as time went on different groups were arrested, including "habitual criminals", "Black triangle (badge), asocials", and Jews. After the beginning of World War II, people from German-occupied Europe were imprisoned in the concentration camps. About 1.65 million people were registered prisoners in the camps, of whom about Holocaust victims, a million died during their imprisonment. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
