Berlin-Reinickendorf concentration camp

The Berlin-Reinickendorf concentration camp , a women's camp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp , was located on the factory premises of Argus Motorenwerke GmbH in the Reinickendorf district of Berlin at Flottenstrasse 28 to 42.

The concentration camp in Reinickendorf was established in August 1944 with 800 concentration camp prisoners, mainly from Hungary. When on 18./19. When the camp was evacuated in April 1945, 741 concentration camp prisoners were driven to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, the others, apart from 9 women who were sent back to Sachsenhausen, were no longer alive due to the inhuman treatment. In this subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp , the women had to do heavy work in 12-hour shifts and, towards the end of the war, mainly work on digging.

The original owner of Argus-Motoren GmbH Moritz Straus was expropriated by the National Socialists in 1938 as part of the “ Aryanization ”. Thereafter, the works were owned by Heinrich Koppenberg and his brother-in-law Viktor Polak until 1945.

The women were guarded by SS women. The camp leader SS-Scharführer Andreas Vollenbruch has been investigated since 1969 for the mistreatment and murder of concentration camp prisoners. The proceedings were discontinued in 1972 due to the death of Vollenbruch. There is no memorial for this women's camp.

literature

• Thomas Irmer: Berlin-Reinickendorf : In: Wolfgang Benz , Barbara Distel : Places of Terror. History of the National Socialist Concentration Camps. Sachsenhausen, beech forest. Vol. 3, pp. 117f. Beck-Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-52963-1 Partly available online: KZ Berlin-Reinickendorf

Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 38.3 "  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 30"  E