KL Auschwitz sub-camps
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Brünn in Brno (Moravia)
Oct 1943 – Jan 1945
Completion of SS and Police Technical Academy building. Employer: SS-WVHA Office C – Bauleitung Brünn Number of prisoners:
- 250 prisoners (Oct 1943), 36 prisoners(17 Jan 1945).
The building of the former Technical Academyof the Police and SS in Brno (1964)
Lichtewerden in Světlá (Bohemia)
Nov 1944 – Jan 1945, later subordinated to Gross-Rosen concentration camp
Work in a thread factory. Company: G.A. Buhl und Sohn. Number of prisoners:
- 300 female prisoners (30 Dec 1944).
Altdorf in Stara Wieś near Pszczyna
Nov 1942 – Apr 1943
Forestry work. Company: Oberforstamt Pless (Pszczyna Forestry Office) Number of prisoners:
Building which was occupied by the SS. Priosners lived in the basement (1967).
Golleschau in Goleszów
Jul 1942 – Jan 1945
Labor in SS cement plant. Company: Ostdeutsche Baustoffwerke GmbH-Goleschauer Portland Zement AG Number of prisoners:
- 1008 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
The cement factory site (1959).
Günthergrube in Lędziny
Feb 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in „Piast” mine extracting coal and in the construction of the „Günther” mine. Company: Fürstlich Plessische Bergwerks AG. Number of prisoners:
- 586 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Lagischa in Łagisza
Sep 1943 – Sep 1944
Construction of „Walter” thermal power station. Company: Energie-Versorgung Oberschlesien AG. Number of prisoners:
Former sub-camp site (1965).
Sonderkommando Kattowitz in Katowice
Jan 1944 – Jan 1945
Construction of air raid shelter and barrack for Gestapo. Number of prisoners: • 10 prisoners.
Tschechowitz (I) – Bombensucherkommando in Czechowice-Dziedzice
Aug–Sep 1944
Removing unexploded bombs from the refinery and surrounding areas. Company: Vacuum Oil Company. Number of prisoners:
Tschechowitz (II) – Vacuum in Czechowice-Dziedzice
Sep 1944 – Jan 1945
Removing rubble and repairing refinery. Company: Vacuum Oil Company. Number of prisoners:
- 561 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Tschechowitz (II). Building for prisoners (1959).
Babitz in Babice near Oświęcim
(Mar 1943 – Jan 1945)
Work on SS farm. Number of prisoners / female prisoners:
- 159 prisoners (17 Jan 1945)
- approx. 180 female prisoners (summer 1944)
Building in which female prisoners lived (1993).
Charlottegrube in Rydułtowy
(Sep 1944 – Jan 1945)
Work in Charlotte mine extracting coal and extending the mine. Company: Hermann Göring Werke.Number of prisoners:
- 833 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Residential barracks for prisoners (1966).
Neustadt in Prudnik
Sep 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in the weaving hall of a textile factory. Company: Schlesische Feinweberei AG. Number of prisoners:
- 399 female prisoners (30 Dec 1944).
The building where female prisoners of the subcamp were held (1966).
Blechhammerin Sławięcice near Blachownia Śląska
Apr 1944 – Jan 1945
Construction of chemical plants. Company: O/S Hydrierwerke AG. Number of prisoners:
- 3958 prisoners (17 Jan 1945)
- 157 female prisoners (30 Dec 1944)
The subcamp grounds. In the background, the crematorium building (1965).
Hubertshütte in Łagiewniki
Dec 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in „Huberts” steelworks. Company: Berghütte Königs und Bismarckhütte AG. Number of prisoners:
- 202 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Barracks for prisoners. Photo: Yad Vashem (date unknown).
Meserzitz in Międzyrzecz
Nov 1942 – Apr 1943
Forestry work. Company: Oberforstamt Pless (Pszczyna Forestry Office). Number of prisoners:
Laurahütte in Siemianowice
Apr 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in „Laura” steelworks producing anti-aircraft guns. Company: Berghütte-Königs und Bismarckhütte. Number of prisoners:
- 937 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Building in which prisoners lived (1963).
Radostowitz in Radostowice near Pszczyna
Dec 1942 – Mar 1943 (with break in 1942/43 winter)
Forestry work. Company: Oberforstamt Pless (Pszczyna Forestry Office). Number of prisoners:
Fürstengrube in Wesoła near Mysłowice
Sep 1943 – Jan 1945
Work in „Fürsten” coal mine extracting coal and building new coal mine. Company: Fürstengrube GmbH. Number of prisoners:
- 1283 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Camp fence and a watch tower (1963).
Eintrachthütte in Świętochłowice
May 1943 – Jan 1945
Work in „Eintracht” steelworks in the production of anti-aircraft guns. Company: Berghütte-OSMAG i Ost-Maschinenbau Number of prisoners:
- 1297 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Sub-camp fence. Photo: Yad Vashem (date unknown).
Freudenthal in Bruntal (Bohemia)
Oct 1944 – Jan 1945, later subordinated to Gross-Rosen concentration camp
Work in textile factory. Company: Emmerich Machold. Number of prisoners:
- 301 female prisoners (30 Dec 1944).
Janinagrubein Libiąż
Sep 1943 – Jan 1945
Work in Janina coal mine extracting coal. Company: Fürstengrube GmbH. Number of prisoners:
- 853 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Former sub-camp site. Loundry barracks and living barracks for prisoners (1959).
Bismarckhütte in Chorzów
(Sep 1944 – Jan 1945)
Work in the Bismarck steelworks, producing artillery and armoured vehicles. Company: Berghütte-Königs und Bismarckhütte AG. Number of prisoners: • 192 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
SS kitchen and canteen (1967).
Hindenburg in Zabrze
Aug 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in „Donnersmark” steelworks in production of weapons and ammunition. Company: Vereinigte Oberschlesische Hüttenwerke AG. Number of prisoners:
- 50 prisoners (17 Jan 1945),
- 470 female prisoners (30 Dec 1944).
Wooden barracks on the former sub-camp site (1959).
SS Bauzug
Sep 1944 – Oct 1945
Clearing the city of rubble and repairing railway tracks. Employer: SS-WVHA Office C. The prisoners were quartered in a freight car. Number of prisoners:
SS Sola-Hütte Porombka in Międzybrodzie
Nov 1940 – Jan 1945
Construction and later service in SS holiday home. Number of prisoners:
- employment of several dozen male prisoners as construction labourers,
- several female prisoners as servants.
SS Sola-Hütte Porombka
Monowitz Monowitz (Buna) in Monowice near Oświęcim
Oct 1942 – Jan 1945(prisoners employed from Apr 1941)
Construction of chemical factory complex. Company: IG Farbenindustrie AG. Number of prisoners:
- 10 223 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Althammerin Stara Kuźnia near Halemba
Sep 1944 – Jan 1945
Construction of thermal power station. Number of prisoners:
- 486 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Brick barracks (1967).
Jawischowitz in Jawiszowice
Aug 1942 – Jan 1945
Work in Brzeszcze-Jawischowitz coal mine extracting coal and on surface construction work. Company: Reichswerke Hermann Göring. Number of prisoners:
- 1988 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Jawischowitz subcamp. Photo taken by the SS.
Sosnica near Gliwice
Jul-Aug 1940
Dismantling buildings in former POW camp. Number of prisoners:
Birkenau in Brzezinka
Harmense in Harmęże near Oświęcim
Raisko in Rajsko
(1943 – Jan 1945)
(Dec 1941 – summer 1943)
Jun 1943 – Jan 1945
Work on SS farm. Number of prisoners:
- 204 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Agricultural labor on an SS farm (raising poultry, rabbits, and fish), approximately 70 prisoners. (Jun 1942 – Jan 1945) Agricultural labor on an SS farm (raising poultry, rabbits, and fish), approximately 50 women prisoners.
Work on SS farm (horticulture, experimental cultivation of kok-saghyz rubber plants). Number of prisoners: Approx. 300 female prisoners (1944).
The building first for men and later female prisoners of the sub-camp (1993).
One of the buildings of the SS Hygiene Institut (1968),
Budy in Budy near Oświęcim
Pławy in Pławy near Oświęcim
Dec 1944 – Jan 1945
(Apr 1942 – Jan 1945, with break in autumn and winter 1942/43) Work on SS farm, 313 prisoners (17 Jan 1945). (Jun 1942 – spring 1943) Agricultural labor on an SS farm including drainage work (digging ditches) and cleaning and deepening fish ponds, approximately 400 women prisoners from the penal company (summer 1942). (Apr 1943 – autumn 1944) Work on SS farm, several hundred female prisoners.
Work on SS farm. Number of prisoners:
- 138 prisoners (17 Jan 1945)
- approx. 200 female prisoners (Jan 1945).
School building in which female prisoners of the penal company were kept before the subcamp was created (1968).
Bobrek in Bobrek
May 1944 – Jan 1945 (prisoners employed from Dec 1943)
Factory work in the production of electrical apparatus for aircraft and submarines. Company: Siemens-Schuckerwerke AG. Number of prisoners:
- 213 prisoners (17 Jan 1945)
- 38 female prisoners (30 Dec 1944)
Former Siemens-Schuckert factory (1966).
Trzebinia in Trzebinia
Aug 1944 – Jan 1945
Expansion of refinery. Company: Erdöl Raffinerie GmbH. Number of prisoners:
- 641 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Entrance gate to the subcamp (1945).
Gleiwitz I in Gliwice
Gleiwitz III in Gliwice
Mar 1944 – Jan 1945
Jul 1944 – Jan 1945
Repairing rolling stock. Company: Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk. Number of prisoners:
- 1336 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Work in Glewitzer Hütte renovating the production hall and next in the production of weapons, ammunition and railway wheels. Company: Zieleniewski-Maschinen und Waggonbau GmbH, Krakau. Number of prisoners:
- 609 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Gleiwitz II in Gliwice
Gleiwitz IV in Gliwice
May 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in the production of carbon black (women), repair and maintenance of machines as well as expansion of factories (men). Company: Deutsche Gasrusswerke GmbH. Number of prisoners:
- 740 prisoners (17 JanI 1945),
- 371 female prisoners (30 Dec 1944).
Jun 1944 – Jan 1945
Work on the expansion of barracks and conversion of army vehicles. Number of prisoners:
- 444 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Kobior in Kobiór
Dec 1942– Aug 1943
Forestry work. Company: Oberforstamt Pless (Pszczyna Forestry Office). Number of prisoners:
- 158 prisoners (25 Apr 1943).
Memorial at the site of the sub-camp.
Sosnowitz (I) in Sosnowiec
Aug 1943 – Feb 1944
Renovation of office building. Number of prisoners:
Sosnowitz (II) in Sosnowiec
May 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in steel mill casting anti-aircraft gun barrels and producing artillery shells. Company: Berghütte-Ost-Maschinenbau GmbH. Number of prisoners:
- 863 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Camp kitchen building (1967). Sosnowitz II.
Chelmek in Chełmek
Oct 1942 – Dec 1942
Work for shoe factory deepening and clearing water reservoir. Company: Ota Schlesische Schuhwerke – dawniej „Bata”. Number of prisoners:
Aussenkommando Chelmek. The house standing the closest to the subcamp site (1959)
Neu-Dachs in Jaworzno
Jun 1943 – Jan 1945
work in Jaworzno bituminous coal mines and construction of „Wilhelm” power station. Company: Energie Versorgung Oberschlesien AG. Number of prisoners:
- 3664 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
Wooden barracks at the former sub-camp site.
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KL Auschwitz sub-camps
Click to learn more.
Brünn in Brno (Moravia)
Oct 1943 – Jan 1945
Completion of SS and Police Technical Academy building. Employer: SS-WVHA Office C – Bauleitung Brünn Number of prisoners:
The building of the former Technical Academyof the Police and SS in Brno (1964)
Lichtewerden in Světlá (Bohemia)
Nov 1944 – Jan 1945, later subordinated to Gross-Rosen concentration camp
Work in a thread factory. Company: G.A. Buhl und Sohn. Number of prisoners:
Altdorf in Stara Wieś near Pszczyna
Nov 1942 – Apr 1943
Forestry work. Company: Oberforstamt Pless (Pszczyna Forestry Office) Number of prisoners:
Building which was occupied by the SS. Priosners lived in the basement (1967).
Golleschau in Goleszów
Jul 1942 – Jan 1945
Labor in SS cement plant. Company: Ostdeutsche Baustoffwerke GmbH-Goleschauer Portland Zement AG Number of prisoners:
The cement factory site (1959).
Günthergrube in Lędziny
Feb 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in „Piast” mine extracting coal and in the construction of the „Günther” mine. Company: Fürstlich Plessische Bergwerks AG. Number of prisoners:
Lagischa in Łagisza
Sep 1943 – Sep 1944
Construction of „Walter” thermal power station. Company: Energie-Versorgung Oberschlesien AG. Number of prisoners:
Former sub-camp site (1965).
Sonderkommando Kattowitz in Katowice
Jan 1944 – Jan 1945
Construction of air raid shelter and barrack for Gestapo. Number of prisoners: • 10 prisoners.
Tschechowitz (I) – Bombensucherkommando in Czechowice-Dziedzice
Aug–Sep 1944
Removing unexploded bombs from the refinery and surrounding areas. Company: Vacuum Oil Company. Number of prisoners:
Tschechowitz (II) – Vacuum in Czechowice-Dziedzice
Sep 1944 – Jan 1945
Removing rubble and repairing refinery. Company: Vacuum Oil Company. Number of prisoners:
Tschechowitz (II). Building for prisoners (1959).
Babitz in Babice near Oświęcim
(Mar 1943 – Jan 1945)
Work on SS farm. Number of prisoners / female prisoners:
Building in which female prisoners lived (1993).
Charlottegrube in Rydułtowy
(Sep 1944 – Jan 1945)
Work in Charlotte mine extracting coal and extending the mine. Company: Hermann Göring Werke.Number of prisoners:
Residential barracks for prisoners (1966).
Neustadt in Prudnik
Sep 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in the weaving hall of a textile factory. Company: Schlesische Feinweberei AG. Number of prisoners:
The building where female prisoners of the subcamp were held (1966).
Blechhammerin Sławięcice near Blachownia Śląska
Apr 1944 – Jan 1945
Construction of chemical plants. Company: O/S Hydrierwerke AG. Number of prisoners:
The subcamp grounds. In the background, the crematorium building (1965).
Hubertshütte in Łagiewniki
Dec 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in „Huberts” steelworks. Company: Berghütte Königs und Bismarckhütte AG. Number of prisoners:
Barracks for prisoners. Photo: Yad Vashem (date unknown).
Meserzitz in Międzyrzecz
Nov 1942 – Apr 1943
Forestry work. Company: Oberforstamt Pless (Pszczyna Forestry Office). Number of prisoners:
Laurahütte in Siemianowice
Apr 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in „Laura” steelworks producing anti-aircraft guns. Company: Berghütte-Königs und Bismarckhütte. Number of prisoners:
Building in which prisoners lived (1963).
Radostowitz in Radostowice near Pszczyna
Dec 1942 – Mar 1943 (with break in 1942/43 winter)
Forestry work. Company: Oberforstamt Pless (Pszczyna Forestry Office). Number of prisoners:
Fürstengrube in Wesoła near Mysłowice
Sep 1943 – Jan 1945
Work in „Fürsten” coal mine extracting coal and building new coal mine. Company: Fürstengrube GmbH. Number of prisoners:
Camp fence and a watch tower (1963).
Eintrachthütte in Świętochłowice
May 1943 – Jan 1945
Work in „Eintracht” steelworks in the production of anti-aircraft guns. Company: Berghütte-OSMAG i Ost-Maschinenbau Number of prisoners:
Sub-camp fence. Photo: Yad Vashem (date unknown).
Freudenthal in Bruntal (Bohemia)
Oct 1944 – Jan 1945, later subordinated to Gross-Rosen concentration camp
Work in textile factory. Company: Emmerich Machold. Number of prisoners:
Janinagrubein Libiąż
Sep 1943 – Jan 1945
Work in Janina coal mine extracting coal. Company: Fürstengrube GmbH. Number of prisoners:
Former sub-camp site. Loundry barracks and living barracks for prisoners (1959).
Bismarckhütte in Chorzów
(Sep 1944 – Jan 1945)
Work in the Bismarck steelworks, producing artillery and armoured vehicles. Company: Berghütte-Königs und Bismarckhütte AG. Number of prisoners: • 192 prisoners (17 Jan 1945).
SS kitchen and canteen (1967).
Hindenburg in Zabrze
Aug 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in „Donnersmark” steelworks in production of weapons and ammunition. Company: Vereinigte Oberschlesische Hüttenwerke AG. Number of prisoners:
Wooden barracks on the former sub-camp site (1959).
SS Bauzug
Sep 1944 – Oct 1945
Clearing the city of rubble and repairing railway tracks. Employer: SS-WVHA Office C. The prisoners were quartered in a freight car. Number of prisoners:
SS Sola-Hütte Porombka in Międzybrodzie
Nov 1940 – Jan 1945
Construction and later service in SS holiday home. Number of prisoners:
SS Sola-Hütte Porombka
Monowitz Monowitz (Buna) in Monowice near Oświęcim
Oct 1942 – Jan 1945(prisoners employed from Apr 1941)
Construction of chemical factory complex. Company: IG Farbenindustrie AG. Number of prisoners:
Althammerin Stara Kuźnia near Halemba
Sep 1944 – Jan 1945
Construction of thermal power station. Number of prisoners:
Brick barracks (1967).
Jawischowitz in Jawiszowice
Aug 1942 – Jan 1945
Work in Brzeszcze-Jawischowitz coal mine extracting coal and on surface construction work. Company: Reichswerke Hermann Göring. Number of prisoners:
Jawischowitz subcamp. Photo taken by the SS.
Sosnica near Gliwice
Jul-Aug 1940
Dismantling buildings in former POW camp. Number of prisoners:
Birkenau in Brzezinka
Harmense in Harmęże near Oświęcim
Raisko in Rajsko
(1943 – Jan 1945)
(Dec 1941 – summer 1943)
Jun 1943 – Jan 1945
Work on SS farm. Number of prisoners:
Agricultural labor on an SS farm (raising poultry, rabbits, and fish), approximately 70 prisoners. (Jun 1942 – Jan 1945) Agricultural labor on an SS farm (raising poultry, rabbits, and fish), approximately 50 women prisoners.
Work on SS farm (horticulture, experimental cultivation of kok-saghyz rubber plants). Number of prisoners: Approx. 300 female prisoners (1944).
The building first for men and later female prisoners of the sub-camp (1993).
One of the buildings of the SS Hygiene Institut (1968),
Budy in Budy near Oświęcim
Pławy in Pławy near Oświęcim
Dec 1944 – Jan 1945
(Apr 1942 – Jan 1945, with break in autumn and winter 1942/43) Work on SS farm, 313 prisoners (17 Jan 1945). (Jun 1942 – spring 1943) Agricultural labor on an SS farm including drainage work (digging ditches) and cleaning and deepening fish ponds, approximately 400 women prisoners from the penal company (summer 1942). (Apr 1943 – autumn 1944) Work on SS farm, several hundred female prisoners.
Work on SS farm. Number of prisoners:
School building in which female prisoners of the penal company were kept before the subcamp was created (1968).
Bobrek in Bobrek
May 1944 – Jan 1945 (prisoners employed from Dec 1943)
Factory work in the production of electrical apparatus for aircraft and submarines. Company: Siemens-Schuckerwerke AG. Number of prisoners:
Former Siemens-Schuckert factory (1966).
Trzebinia in Trzebinia
Aug 1944 – Jan 1945
Expansion of refinery. Company: Erdöl Raffinerie GmbH. Number of prisoners:
Entrance gate to the subcamp (1945).
Gleiwitz I in Gliwice
Gleiwitz III in Gliwice
Mar 1944 – Jan 1945
Jul 1944 – Jan 1945
Repairing rolling stock. Company: Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk. Number of prisoners:
Work in Glewitzer Hütte renovating the production hall and next in the production of weapons, ammunition and railway wheels. Company: Zieleniewski-Maschinen und Waggonbau GmbH, Krakau. Number of prisoners:
Gleiwitz II in Gliwice
Gleiwitz IV in Gliwice
May 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in the production of carbon black (women), repair and maintenance of machines as well as expansion of factories (men). Company: Deutsche Gasrusswerke GmbH. Number of prisoners:
Jun 1944 – Jan 1945
Work on the expansion of barracks and conversion of army vehicles. Number of prisoners:
Kobior in Kobiór
Dec 1942– Aug 1943
Forestry work. Company: Oberforstamt Pless (Pszczyna Forestry Office). Number of prisoners:
Memorial at the site of the sub-camp.
Sosnowitz (I) in Sosnowiec
Aug 1943 – Feb 1944
Renovation of office building. Number of prisoners:
Sosnowitz (II) in Sosnowiec
May 1944 – Jan 1945
Work in steel mill casting anti-aircraft gun barrels and producing artillery shells. Company: Berghütte-Ost-Maschinenbau GmbH. Number of prisoners:
Camp kitchen building (1967). Sosnowitz II.
Chelmek in Chełmek
Oct 1942 – Dec 1942
Work for shoe factory deepening and clearing water reservoir. Company: Ota Schlesische Schuhwerke – dawniej „Bata”. Number of prisoners:
Aussenkommando Chelmek. The house standing the closest to the subcamp site (1959)
Neu-Dachs in Jaworzno
Jun 1943 – Jan 1945
work in Jaworzno bituminous coal mines and construction of „Wilhelm” power station. Company: Energie Versorgung Oberschlesien AG. Number of prisoners:
Wooden barracks at the former sub-camp site.