Ikaria company for aircraft accessories
The Ikaria, Society for Aviation components mbH was in the era of National Socialism an armaments factory in Velten .
The company was founded on April 20, 1934 as a subsidiary of the Swiss company Oerlikon-Bührle . Already since 1933 had Frohnauer Hans Keilhack (1892-1946, a son of the geologist Konrad Keilhack ) different products developed by the Swiss defense contractor with their license. In 1936 the Ikaria factory was opened in Velten, which was managed by Hans Keilhack.
The new factory premises were located directly on the Kremmener Bahn , but far away from passenger stations. In order to shorten the commute to work, the Hohenschöpping train station was built in 1938 , and the Ikaria-Werke helped finance it.
When more and more workers were drafted into the Wehrmacht after the beginning of World War II , Eastern workers were deployed in the plant , for whom three barracks were built on the company premises. Other forced laborers joined them later . In 1943, the Velten subcamp was set up directly at the Hohenschöpping train station and housed women who had to assemble aircraft parts on lathes.
The company was an important supplier to the Heinkel-Werke Oranienburg . In 1939 it described itself as a "special factory for special aircraft equipment". The MG FF and Oerlikon FF on- board cannons were produced , mounts for the rigid and movable installation of machine weapons of all calibres and aircraft glazing made of deformed Plexiglas.
The Swiss parent company Oerlikon-Bührle was forced out of its participation until 1939, but the cooperation continued during the war. Accessories and machine tools were obtained from neutral Switzerland until 1944.
After the end of the war, the Soviet occupying forces dismantled or destroyed all the facilities. It went so far that from 1946 to 1950 all trains ran through the station without stopping because there was no longer any need. Former plant manager Hans Keilhack was abducted by the Soviets to the Ketschendorf special camp and died there in March 1946.
The halls on the factory premises were used as storage rooms in GDR times and are still there today.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Klaus Pegler: The unusual fate of Hans Keilhack. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ A b c Lars Molzberger: Hohenschöpping train station. In: Kremmener-Bahn.net. Retrieved February 16, 2015 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ 20.5 " N , 13 ° 11 ′ 41.2" E