Perleberg concentration camp

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The Perleberg concentration camp existed from May 29, 1933 to June 28, 1933, making it an early concentration camp that was not under the control of the SS organization IKL . It was located outside the city center in the wagon houses of an artillery depot that was built on Feldstrasse in 1893.

history

When Hitler came to power in the German Reich on January 30, 1933, the city parliament in Perleberg was dissolved and opponents of National Socialism were arrested. On the night of May 10th and 11th, the communist Max Theiss and 25 other men, including numerous supporters of the KPD and SPD, were imprisoned in the prison of the district court. After ten releases on May 20, the remaining prisoners and five prisoners from Lenzen were taken to Perleberg concentration camp on May 29. On May 26, the district administrator of the Westprignitz district , Dr. von Goßler, to the regional president in Potsdam the establishment of such a concentration camp and already announced the transfer of prisoners in protection . The day after, the regional newspapers, such as the Prignitzer Nachrichten , the Havelberger Zeitung and the Kreisblatt für die Westprignitz , informed that a concentration camp had been set up in the wagon houses of the former artillery depot in Feldstrasse and that 32 prisoners from Westprignitz were to be held on May 29 , including 15 Perlebergers, are to be brought there. After the closure of the Havelberg concentration camp, nine prisoners were brought to the Perleberg concentration camp on June 2. Subsequently, more arrests were reported in the press almost every day, with 34 people arrested by June 8th. On June 24, the district president in Potsdam ordered the liquidation of the camp, whereupon the forty prisoners, including seven from Wittenberg , were transferred to the Oranienburg concentration camp on the 28th . All prisoners known by name, with one exception, were German citizens.

construction

The camp was built in a 50 by 10 m wagon shed of the former barracks at Feldstrasse 37 (today: 98). The lower part of the building consisted of a room with tubs for washing and also a mason's kettle and a bucket for the toilet. It was paved with cobblestones. Above were the bedrooms, which were only separated from the lower part by boards nailed to planks. The roof was made of cardboard.

Each morning began with a roll call and the raising of the swastika flag in the presence of all prisoners. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., they had to help build paths or work in the forest free of charge. Every fortnight the prisoners were allowed to write a letter under supervision.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 24.4 "  N , 11 ° 51 ′ 10.4"  E