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- After the Allies began bombing cities in northwestern Germany, such as Hamburg, the SS deployed prisoners from the camp to clean up rubble and remove unexploded munitions from the streets. Prisoners worked 10 to 12 hours a day, without sufficient food and with clothing that offered no protection from the elements.
After the Allies began bombing cities in northwestern Germany in late 1942, the SS deployed prisoners from Neuengamme to clean up rubble and to remove unexploded munitions from the streets of major cities, such as Hamburg and Bremen.
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Jan 27, 2022 · Prisoners worked 10 hours a day in inhumane conditions, and it was usually heavy work. In the Husum Aussenkommando, for instance, they dug anti-tank ditches in heavy, sodden marshland. Others...
In total, 9.500 Germans were imprisoned in the camp over the years, including roughly 400 women who were deployed in the satellite camps, and not in the main camp. From 1941 onwards, the majority of prisoners in Neuengamme concentration camp came from countries occupied by Germany.
Feb 20, 2024 · On December 12, 1938, the first hundred prisoners arrived in Neuengamme from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The camp was located in a former brick factory that was purchased by the SS and was situated on the bank of the Elbe River in the Hamburg suburb of Neuengamme, in northern Germany.
From 1941 onwards, the majority of prisoners in Neuengamme concentration camp came from countries occupied by Germany. Between 1941 and 1942, Polish prisoners were the largest group in the camp; from 1942 and 1943 on, Soviet prisoners were the majority.
The Neuengamme site was initially chosen because of the profits the SS could make in manufacturing bricks for the Nazi-envisaged transformation of the city of Hamburg. The camp expanded drastically after the outbreak of war in September 1939 and the subsequent increased number of political prisoners from German-occupied territories.
In the spring of 1942, a medical commission visited the Neuengamme concentration camp and selected those who were "unable to work", Jews and other prisoners who were to be murdered with poison gas in the "euthanasia" killing center in Bernburg/Saale.
