Concentration camp under the oaks

The Unter den Eichen concentration camp was a concentration camp established in Wiesbaden during the Nazi era . From March 1944 to March 1945 mostly Luxembourgish opponents of the Nazi regime were interned here.

history

As a satellite camp of the Hinzert concentration camp , the National Socialists set up a concentration camp in March 1944 on the northern outskirts of Wiesbaden in a cut in the wooded foothills of the Taunus . The location was in the immediate vicinity of the former SS office .

Concentration camp memorial "Unter den Eichen" in Wiesbaden

At times around 100 people were interned in the concentration camp, mostly Luxembourgers who had resisted the German occupiers in their home country.

The prisoners first had to build an SS command bunker on the south-eastern edge of the camp site. On December 18, 1944, six inmates were killed in an air raid. The officers on watch had refused entry to the shelter by force of arms.

On March 23, 1945, under the impression of the advancing US Army, the concentration camp was dissolved and the prisoners were sent on a death march towards Frankfurt am Main . The responsible commando leader, Police Lieutenant Hertert, thwarted a liquidation that was planned in the meanwhile vacated Frankfurt-Heddernheim camp. Most of the prisoners were able to leave and take care of the advancing US Army. Some prisoners were able to flee beforehand and stay in hiding with Wiesbaden citizens until the US Army marched in on March 28, 1945.

Since November 9, 1991, a memorial has been located on the site of the former command bunker , which is maintained by the Wiesbaden City Archives .

literature

Information sheet from the Active Museum Spiegelgasse

Bärbel Maul, Axel Ulrich: The concentration camp external command “Under the oaks”. 7th edition, Wiesbaden 2005, OCLC 179723994

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Wolfgang Benz , Barbara Distel (ed.): The place of terror . History of the National Socialist Concentration Camps. Volume 5: Hinzert, Auschwitz, Neuengamme. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-52965-8 , p. 71.

50.096388888889 8.2152777777778Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 47 " N , 8 ° 12 ′ 55" E

[1] Wolfgang Benz , Barbara Distel (ed.): The place of terror . History of the National Socialist Concentration Camps. Volume 5: Hinzert, Auschwitz, Neuengamme. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-52965-8 , p. 71.