Russenwiese
Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 55 ″ N , 11 ° 8 ′ 47 ″ E
The Russenwiese is a 15 hectare clearing in the Forsthof forest area of the city of Nuremberg .
geography
The clearing is in the Lorenzer Reichswald , two kilometers north-west of Fischbach , east of the Nuremberg districts of Langwasser and one kilometer southeast of Zerzabelshof .
It can be reached from federal highway 4 , Valznerweiherstraße and Lohengrinweg via unpaved forest roads . It lies 322 meters above sea level , is traversed by a few nameless meadow ditches and is bordered to the northeast by the Schwarzen Graben , which flows into the Fischbach there .
history
The name "Russenwiese" became common after the First World War , after a camp for Russian prisoners of war had been built there during the war .
Some twenty years after the end of World War I were the time for the party rallies turn large camp for the participants of the working crowd and KDF established programs.
A report by the fire police from 1939 states that the Russenwiese camp was occupied by 24,000 men in the period from September 5 to 12, 1938. During the Second World War , the Gestapo ran a so-called labor education camp there . For the period from October 1942 to August 1943, occupancy figures of around 2000 mainly Eastern European prisoners who were used for forced labor were reported. The conditions of this penal camp were with those in the concentration camps of the SS comparable. After the end of the war, Paul Ohler, among others , was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Nuremberg Higher Regional Court.
During night air raids with more than 600 British bombers on 10/11. and 27./28. August 1943 the camp was hit. The victims are buried in one of the mass graves in the Nuremberg South Cemetery . The camp was then moved to Langenzenn in the Fürth district .
Occasional witnesses reported regular forced abortions on Polish female forced laborers.
today
Nature has now recaptured the Russenwiese with flora and fauna. Light and noise pollution as well as constant traffic pollution have prevented large mammals or wild game from returning to the area. The meadow area is mowed once a year. Today nothing is reminiscent of the recent historical past or the historical geotypical diversity. Today the meadow is used for leisure by humans and animals. Some cycling and hiking trails lead through the area. Tents and campfires are not permitted due to, among other things, unsolved problems with garbage disposal, as well as the feared pollution with faeces, the risk of fire and the disturbance of breeding birds.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Origin of the name of the Russenwiese ( memento of the original from February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fire protection Nazi party rally 1938 Website of the Friends of the Nürnberger Museum EV. Accessed on January 20, 2015
- ^ Forced labor in Nuremberg
- ↑ Forced labor in Nuremberg, Documentation Center
- ^ City of Nuremberg, history project of the NS prison Russenwiese
- ^ Press report, contemporary witnesses
- ↑ Searching for traces of the Russian prison for foreigners ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
