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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.
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In June 1940, the SS decided to establish an independent concentration camp at Neuengamme. By this time, two further transports of prisoners from Sachsenhausen had increased the prisoner population to around 1,000. By the end of that year, approximately 3,000 prisoners were incarcerated in Neuengamme.
Jan 27, 2022 · Neuengamme Concentration Camp Case – Synopsis of case, 8 December 1953. Catalogue ref: WO 235/162. Unexpectedly I found out that a member of my own family died during the evacuation of...
Address: KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme. Jean-Dolidier-Weg 75, 21039 Hamburg. +49 40 428131500. info@kz-gedenkstaette-neuengamme.de. Memorials Stolpersteine Art Project. The Europe-wide art project Stolpersteine honours the lives of victims of the Nazi regime. These stones can be found all over the city. About Hamburg History.
Bremen-Farge. Millions of people suffered and died in camps, ghettos, and other sites during the Holocaust. The Nazis and their allies oversaw more than 44,000 camps, ghettos, and other sites of detention, persecution, forced labor, and murder. Among them was the Bremen-Farge subcamp of Neuengamme.
Feb 20, 2024 · In June 1940, the SS established Neuengamme as an independent concentration camp. Prisoners were forced to build the barracks, guard towers, and fences. The prisoner population increased immediately, and by the end of 1940, around 3,000 prisoners were housed there.
British Forces Approach Neuengamme. 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. Half of them were conscripted into an SS armed unit; the remainder ...