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- 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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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.
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...
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.
After the new brick factory began operating in 1942, prisoners were increasingly sent to work in the clay pits to extract clay. Work was characterised by violence and harassment from the guards who were always ready to beat the prisoners.
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.
As British troops approached Neuengamme, the SS evacuated some 9,000 prisoners towards Lübeck on the Baltic Sea on April 19, 1945. Some 700 almost exclusively German prisoners remained behind to destroy the internal documents of the camp.
May 27, 2024 · When British forces finally reached Neuengamme on May 2, 1945, they found around 15,000 prisoners barely clinging to life and a camp strewn with thousands of bodies. The liberators were horrified at the nightmarish conditions.
