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Neuengamme. Neuengamme was a network of Nazi concentration camps in Northern Germany that consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and more than 85 satellite camps. Established in 1938 near the village of Neuengamme in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, the Neuengamme camp became the largest concentration camp in Northwest Germany.
The SS first established Neuengamme in December 1938 as a subcamp of Sachsenhausen. Later, in June 1940, the SS decided to establish an independent concentration camp at Neuengamme. Prisoners of the camp were subjected to horrific living conditions, medical experiments, and forced labor.
The SS established Neuengamme in December 1938 as a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned brickworks on the banks of the Dove-Elbe, a tributary of the Elbe River in the Hamburg suburb Neuengamme, in northern Germany.
In December 1938, the SS established a sub camp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in an abandoned brick factory in the Neuengamme suburb of Hamburg. In the early summer of 1940, Neuengamme became an independent camp and remained the main concentration camp in North-West Germany until 1945. The Gestapo and the SS security service sent tens ...
Located just outside of Hamburg, the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial stands as a solemn reminder of the atrocities committed during World War II. This memorial visit holds great significance, providing visitors with a powerful and emotional experience that educates and honors the memory of those who suffered and died at the camp.
Neuengamme-Ring, a complex of Nazi German concentration camps situated in marshy country near Neuengamme, a suburb of the port city of Hamburg, Germany. The first camp was established in 1940 to provide slave labour for local armaments industries, and beginning in 1942 annexes to the camp were set.
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Plan Your Visit. If you are coming by bus, take bus 127 or 227 from Bergedorf station. If you are coming by car, there is parking for cars available on the side of the road on Jean-Dolidier-Weg. There are signs for tourist bus parking. The main entrance is located at Jean-Dolidier-Weg 75 (next to the bus stop KZ‑Gedenkstätte Neuengamme ...
