List of satellite camps of the Riga-Kaiserwald concentration camp
This list contains German concentration camps from the time of National Socialism that were maintained on the territory of Latvia . In addition to the main camp Riga-Kaiserwald , all other camps are included in this list as satellite or branch camps. They were published as an annex to the Sixth Ordinance for the Implementation of the Federal Compensation Act ( BGBl. 1967 I pp. 233, 234 ).
If there is no date for the start of use as a place of detention, it is assumed that this already existed on November 1, 1943.
| Name / designation | Use of |
Use until |
Estimated number of detainees |
Estimated number of dead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dondangen (Lat. Dundaga ) | November 26, 1943 | 24./25. August 1944 | about 600 | |
| Elley-Meiten (Lat. Eleja-Meitene ) | October 1, 1943 | June 30, 1944 | about 3000 | |
| Jungfernhof (Lat. Jumpravmuiža ) | December 3, 1941 | December 31, 1942 | ||
| Kurben (Lat. Kurbe ) | August 1944 | |||
| Poper elections (Lat. Popervale ) | December 31, 1944 | |||
| Riga Balast dam ( Lat.Balasta dambis ) | August 18, 1943 | August 7, 1944 | ||
| Riga Dünawerke | August 18, 1943 | July 1, 1944 | ||
| Riga Army Motor Vehicle Park | August 18, 1943 | August 6, 1944 | ||
| Riga Heereskraftfahrpark Hirtenstrasse | January 31, 1944 | August 6, 1944 | ||
| Riga Lenta | August 18, 1943 | July 29, 1944 | ||
| Riga Mill Ditch (Lat. Mīlgrāvis ) | August 18, 1943 | from August 6, 1944 | ||
| Riga Reichsbahn | August 18, 1943 | August 1944 | ||
| Riga Spilwe (Lat. Spilve ) | July 5, 1943 | August 6, 1944 | ||
| Riga-Strasdenhof | 4th August 1943 | after mid-September 1944 | 1800-2000 | |
| Riga military economic camp | August 18, 1943 | June 28, 1944 (men) Oct. 1944 (women) |
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| Riga-Strasdenhof AEG | August 1, 1943 | September 25, 1944 | ||
| Riga-Strasdenhof factory works | August 18, 1943 | August 6, 1944 | ||
| Windau (Lat. Ventspils ) |
In addition, the following detention camp , located on the territory of Lithuania , was part of the Riga-Kaiserwald main camp:
| Name / designation | Use of |
Use until |
Estimated number of detainees |
Estimated number of dead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krottingen (lit. Kretinga ) | October 1, 1943 | June 30, 1944 |
See also
literature
- Franziska Jahn: Riga Imperial Forest. Subcamp . In: Wolfgang Benz , Barbara Distel (eds.): The place of terror . History of the National Socialist Concentration Camps. Volume 8: Riga, Warsaw, Vaivara, Kaunas, Płaszów, Kulmhof / Chełmno, Bełżec, Sobibór, Treblinka. CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57237-1 , pp. 65-87.
Web links
Commons : National Socialist Concentration Camps - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- List of concentration camps and their external commandos in accordance with Section 42 (2) BEG
- Location overview: concentration camps and satellite camps. Riga Kaiserwald concentration camp . In: Germany - a monument. Directory of the National Socialist camps and detention centers 1933 to 1945. (Initiator Sigrid Sigurdsson )
- Archive collection Latvia under the yoke of the Nazis (Russian and English)
- International Overview of memorial sites and institutions (English)