Plauen subcamp

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The Plauen subcamp in Plauen was one of the subcamps of the Flossenbürg concentration camp in the Upper Palatinate Forest near Weiden . It was the time from 1944 to 1945 from the three sub-camp -Standorten outdoor camp Plauen (cotton mill), satellite camp Plauen (industrial plants) and outdoor storage Plauen (Dr. Th Horn.).

prehistory

The Osram company relocated its production to Saxony and Lower Silesia because of the air raids on Berlin. Towards the end of 1943, the Osram company rented factory premises from Plauener Cotton Spinning AG in Hans-Sachs-Straße and Industriewerke AG in Roonstraße (today Luis-Ferdinand-Schönherr-Straße) for molybdenum and tungsten pre-production and the manufacture of various types of light bulbs. In the spring of 1944, Osram negotiated with the SS-WVHA over 500 prisoners who were to be used in production. After the agreement, an employee initially selected 250 “young, healthy women with dry hands” who came to Plauen in mid-September. This is how two satellite camps of the Flossenbürg concentration camp were created . On September 18, women were first used for forced labor . In twelve-hour shifts, they had to manufacture various types of lamps on semi-automatic machines. The air raids on Plauen destroyed the energy supply and parts of the cotton mill. The camps were evacuated on April 14, 1945 and the prisoners marched towards Karlsbad . The Red Army liberated them near Tachau .

Plauen satellite camp (cotton spinning mill)

The cotton spinning AG sub-camp at Hans-Sachs-Strasse 15/17 was set up in September 1944 in a house owned by the Plauener cotton spinning company. 200 women belonged to it. Half of these were women from Poland and women from Russia, Italy, France and four other countries. After three weeks of quarantine, they worked for Osram manufacturing light bulbs. The workers were housed on the second floor of the cotton factory. The workers at Osram were hostile to them. The cotton factory was destroyed by an air raid on April 11, 1945.

Plauen external warehouse (industrial plants)

The Plauen Industriewerke satellite camp was set up in September 1944. It included 300 women who came from the Auschwitz concentration camp . There were 200 women from Poland, 40 from Russia, 35 from Italy, 4 from Yugoslavia and one from Croatia. After three weeks of quarantine, they worked for Osram manufacturing light bulbs. They stayed in the attic of the textile works, an abandoned textile factory.

Plauen satellite camp (Dr. Th. Horn)

Another satellite camp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp was located at the Dr. Th. Horn Luftfahrtgerätewerk in Pausaer Straße 284, which manufactured optical devices for aircraft construction in aviation technology. On November 9, 1944, 50 prisoners were transferred to the plant. These were male skilled workers, some of whom died. They were from Russia, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Yugoslavia. After the camp was closed on March 27, 1945, 42 men were sent to the Lengenfeld labor camp . From there they began the death march via Johanngeorgenstadt to northern Bohemia. The march ended in Pístov. A number that is not exactly known were killed.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Schmeitzner, Clemens Vollnhals, Francesca Weil: From Stalingrad to the SBZ: Saxony 1943 to 1949. 2015. P. 143
  2. ↑ Marc Buggeln, Michael Wildt: Work in National Socialism. 2014. p. 363.
  3. ^ Rolf Schmolling: Plauen (cotton spinning mill and industrial works AG) in Flossenbürg. Pp. 223–226 (see sources)
  4. ↑ (fr) Laurent Guillet: Il s'appelait Joseph. Editions Laurent Guillet, Limerzel 2011. ISBN 978-2-918588-03-0 . Pp. 236-245, 237-238. (Camp stations of a French prisoner of war until his death).
  5. ↑ Plauen satellite camp (cotton spinning mill)
  6. ↑ (fr) Laurent Guillet: Il s'appelait Joseph. Editions Laurent Guillet, Limerzel 2011. ISBN 978-2-918588-03-0 . Pp. 236–245, 238. (Camp stations of a French prisoner of war until his death).
  7. ↑ Plauen sub- camp (industrial plants)
  8. ↑ Ulrich Fritz: Plauen (Dr. Th. Horn). In: Flossenbürg. Pp. 227–228 (see sources)
  9. ↑ (fr) Laurent Guillet: Il s'appelait Joseph. Editions Laurent Guillet, Limerzel 2011. ISBN 978-2-918588-03-0 . Pp. 236-245, 238-239. (Camp stations of a French prisoner of war until his death).
  10. ↑ Plauen satellite camp (Dr. Th. Horn)

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