List of subcamps of Neuengamme

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Image of Neuengamme camp taken by an RAF surveillance aircraft on 16 April 1945

Below is an incomplete list of SS subcamps of Neuengamme camp system operating from 1938 until 1945. The Neuengamme concentration camp established by the SS in Hamburg, Germany, became a massive Nazi concentration camp complex using prisoner forced labour for production purposes in World War II. Some 99 SS subcamps were part of the Neuengamme camp system, [1] with up to 106,000 inmates. [2] The number of prisoners per location ranged from more than 5,000 to only a dozen at a work site. Beginning in 1942, inmates of Neuengamme were also transported to the camp Arbeitsdorf. "Toward the ends of the war three times more prisoners were in satellite camps than in the main camp" wrote Dr. Garbe of the Neuengamme Memorial Museum. [3] Several of the subcamps have memorials or plaques installed, but as of 2000, there was nothing at 28 locations. [3]

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The inmates were forced to work under grueling conditions in various locations across northern Germany; often transported between subcamps and specific job sites. Due to subsequent demolition of the Neuengamme camp system by the SS in 1945 including its records, the historical work is difficult and still incomplete. [4] For example, in 1967, the German Federal Ministry of Justice suggested that the camp operated from 1 September 1938 until 5 May 1945 and became part of the Sachsenhausen in June 1940. [5] The Neuengamme Memorial organization (German: KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme), an establishment of the Hamburg Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media, stated in 2008 that the empty camp was explored by British forces on 2 May 1945 and the last inmates were liberated in Flensburg on 10 May 1945. [6] According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the camp was established on 13 December 1938 and liberated on 4 May 1945. [2] Throughout World War II, millions of prisoners died in Nazi labour camps through mistreatment, disease, starvation and overwork, or were executed as unfit for labour. At Neuengamme, 1,700 people died each month in winter of 1944-1945, more than 50,000 in total. [2]

At the main camp

  1. Canalize of the Dove Elbe, a branch of the Elbe river: Elbekommando
  2. Klinkerwerk (brick factory) of the DEST
  3. Lagergärtnerei (camp plant nursery)
  4. Tongruben (clay cavities)
  5. Manufacturing plant of the Walther-Werke
  6. Armament factories of Messap and Jastram

In Hamburg

Subcamps and working locations in Hamburg proper sorted by name.

Camp NameLocationTypeDates of useEst. prisoners [7] Est. deaths [7] No. [8]
Blohm + Voss Hamburg-Steinwerder1 July 1944 21 April 1945550
Bullenhuser Damm Hamburg-RothenburgsortMen, Children1 October 1944 21 April 19451,000>20552

Dessauer Ufer
Hamburg-VeddelMen
22 April 1945557

Dessauer Ufer
Hamburg-VeddelWomen
20 June 1944 30 September 1944556
Eidelstedt 1 March 1944 1 May 1945553
Finkenwerder,
Deutsche Werft
30 April 1945554
Fuhlsbüttel Am Hasenberge 26Prison1 January 1943 8 May 1945556
Howaldtswerke,
Hamburg
558
Langenhorn 12 September 1944 4 April 1945ca 750> 9559
Neugraben Women13 September 1944 8 February 1945500560
Poppenbüttel Working location for Sasel1161
Sasel Women1 August 1944 4 May 1945500> 36561
Spaldingstraße Hammerbrook October 1944 17 April 1945562
Stülckenwerft Steinwerder 15 April 1945563
Hamburg-TiefstackWomen8 February 1945 5 April 1945500564
Wandsbek 2 May 1944 3 May 1945565
Wilhelmsburg
Jung-Ölindustrie
566

Outside of Hamburg

Subcamps of Neuengamme in alphabetical order. Using the political division of Germany of the year 2000, there were at least 34 subcamps in Lower Saxony, 9 in Bremen, 9 in Schleswig-Holstein, 6 in North Rhine-Westphalia, 5 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 3 in Saxony-Anhalt, and 1 in Brandenburg. [3] Also, four subcamps were located in Alderney, occupied Channel Islands, British Commonwealth.

Camp NameLocationTypeDates of use [8] Est. # of prisoners [7] Est. # of deaths [7] Related subjectNo. [8] Source [9]
Alderney camps or Camp AlderneySee SSBaubrigade I Lager Norderney & Lager Sylt Jan 1942 - Jun 19446,0007006a [10] [11]
Alt Garge [7]
Alt-Garge a.d.Elbe [8]
Near Bleckede Later used as Alt-Garge UNRRA displaced persons camp,
a camp for Latvian displaced persons
24 August 1944 15 February 194515
Aurich
District Aurich
21 October 1944 23 December 19442,00018851
Bad Sassendorf SSEisenbahnbaubrigade 11
Barkhausen a part of Porta Westfalica 18 March 1944 1 April 194577
BlumenthalSee Bremen-Blumenthal142
Boizenburg
(District Hagenow, Bezirk Schwerin (old))
30 April 1945150
Braunschweig,
Camp Büssing-Schillstrasse
(Brunswiek) BüssingNAG 17 August 1944 26 March 1945800> 380165
Braunschweig,
SSReitschule
Brunswiek,
SS Riding school
167
Braunschweig,
Stahlwerke
Brunswiek
Steel factory
See Watenstedt168
Braunschweig,
Truppenwirtschaft
Brunswiek
Military depot
169
Bremen-Blumenthal
Deschimag
1 September 1944 20 April 1945176
Bremen, BehelfswohnbauTemporary housebuilding 26 April 1945175
Bremen, Borgwardwerke Borgward factory 12 October 1944176
Bremen, Deschimag,
Camp Schützenhof
11 April 1945178
Bremen-Farge 1 July 1943 8 April 1945179
Bremen-Neuenland 16 Aug 1944 28 Nov 1944181
Bremen-Obernheide Women26 Sep 1944 4 Apr 1945800 1085 [12]
Bremen-Osterort 28 Nov 1944 1,000183
Bremen-Vegesack 30 Sep 1944184
Darß - Wieck January 1941 end-February 1941 [7] 50
Darß - Zingst, Germany
Dalum  [ de ]
District Meppen
Command from Meppen-Versen [7] 25 March 1945260
Drütte
Municipality Watenstedt-Salzgitter
1 September 1942 8 April 19453,100316
Düssin / MecklenburgMen / agricultural work15 September 1944 [7] 1 March 1945801328
Eisleben
Command from Helmstedt-Beendorf
Men346a
Fallersleben
Women camp
Volkswagen [7] Aug 1944 [7] 8 April 1945650387
Fallersleben-Laagberg
(also Laagberg)
Volkswagen [7] 31 May 1944 [7] 8 April 1945800794
Glasau
District Segeberg
29 March 1945 2 May 1945466
Goslar SS–Bauleitung Goslar(Not Goslar subcamp to Buchenwald)20 October 1944 25 March 1945151484
Gross-Hesepe
District Meppen
Command from Meppen-Versen [7] 25 March 1945504
Hannover-Ahlem 30 November 1944 11 April 1945568
Hannover-Limmer 7 April 1945570
Hannover-Linden (Mülhenberg-Hannover) 7 April 1945571
Hannover-Misburg Men26 June 1944 [7] 7 April 19451,000572
Hannover-Stöcken
Accumulatorenwerk
19 July 1943 8 April 1945573
Hannover-Stöcken
Continental-Werke
7 September 1944 30 November 1944574
Hausberge an der Porta a part of Porta Westfalica 1 February 1945 1 April 1945585
Helmstedt Beendorf women
underground armaments industry
10 April 19452,500596
Hildesheim 6 April 1945608
HohwachtSee Lütjenburg [7]
Horneburg Philips-Valvo-Röhrenwerke [7] a) Mid-October 1944 mid-February 1945 [7]
b) 24 February 1945 8 April 1945 [7]
31 March 1945
a) 250
b) 300
636
Husum-Schwesing 25 September 1944 22 December 1944643
Kaltenkirchen Building a "Fliegerhorst" (Military airport) [7] August 1944 [7] 17 April 1945500> 214693
Kiel Clearing up work [7] July 1944 September 1944 [7] 50727
Ladelund Near Flensburg1 November 1944 16 December 19442,000> 301796
Langenhagen
Province Hanover
2 October 1944 15 April 1945808
Lengerich
District Tecklenburg
1 April 1945200> 7838
Lerbeck a part of Porta Westfalica 1 October 1944 1 April 1945843
Lübberstedt
District Wesermünde
WomenAugust 1944 [7] 30 April 1945500883
Lütjenburg Men 30 March 1945197893
Ludwigslust See Wöbbelin
Meppen-Versen 1 April 1945927
MisburgSee Hannover-Misburg942
Mölln - Breitenfelde 1 December 1944 30 April 194520953
Neesen
District Minden
Working location for Porta Westfalica1024
Neuhof [13] [14]
Neustadt in Holstein December 1944 1 May 1945 [7] 151049
Nutzen [13] [14]
Porta Westfalica
near Barkhausen-Lerbeck
See Barkhausen and see Lerbeck1164
Salzgitter-Bad1 August 1943 5001278 [15]
Salzwedel
Province Saxony
Women10 July 1944 15 April 19451,2501282
Sandbostel 15 April 1945 Stalag X-B 1285
Schandelah
District Braunschweig
Now Cremlingen 8 May 1944 12 April 19458002001292
SchwesingSee Husum-Schwesing
Uelzen MenEnd 1944 17 April 19455001491
Vechelde, BraunschweigCommand from Braunschweig, Camp Büssing-SchillstrasseSeptember 1944 March/April 1945 [7] 4001509
Verden 8 October 1945 April 194581515
Warberg
District Helmstedt
(from Braunschweig, Truppenwirtschaft)5 June 1944 8 January 1945 [7] 8
Watenstedt
Salzgitter Watenstedt Leinde
Stahlwerke Braunschweig
Hermann-Göring-Werke
Men 30 April 1945 (May 1944 7 April 1945 [7] )2,000 [16] Salzgitter#History, 1300–1982 1540 [15]
Watenstedt
Watenstedt Leinde
Stahlwerke Braunschweig
Hermann-Göring-Werke
Women7 July 1944 30 April 1945 ( 7 April 1945 [7] )800 Salzgitter#History, 1300–1982 1540 [15]
Wedel (Women)13 September 1944 27 November 19445001541
Wedel (Men)17 October 1944 20 November 1944500> 271541
Wilhelmshaven
Alten Banter Weg
(Not SSBaubrigade II)17 September 1944 5 April 19451,2002341582
Wittenberge
(Old: District Wittenberge)
15 August 1942 (28 August 1942) [7] 17 February 19455001191587
Wöbbelin
District Ludwigslust
(Also referred to as Ludwigslust)12 February 1945 2 May 1945 Wöbbelin concentration camp 1591
WolfsburgSee Fallersleben Arbeitsdorf (working village)1595

Construction labor brigades

Inmates of concentration camps were centralized in construction labor brigades (German:Baubrigaden), organized by the SS, to clean up after air raids, remove unexploded ordnance devices and bombs, or recover corpses. Some of the brigades worked also at the Friesenwallpart of the Atlantic Wall at the German North Sea coastand fortifications in German cities e.g. antitank obstacles. Other brigades were placing or repairing rails or railway stations.

Brigade [7] Locations [7] Dates of use [7] Est. prisoners [7] Est. deaths [7] Webpage
SS-Baubrigade I AlderneyBuilding the Lager Sylt12 March 1943 1,000100
SS-Baubrigade IIBremenClearing up after air raids 12 October 1942 15 April 1944750
SS-Baubrigade IIOsnabrückClearing up after air raids17 October 1942 May 194325086
SS-Baubrigade IIWilhelmshavenClearing up after air raidsSpring 1943 November 1943175
SS-Baubrigade IIHamburg-HammerbrookClearing up after air raids7 August 1943 April 1944930
SS-Baubrigade II Lüneburg-KalandDiging anti-tank obstacles12 August 1943 13 November 1943155
SS-Eisenbahnbaubrigade 11
(Railway building unit)
Bad Sassendorf near Soest Building rail tracks after air raids15 February 1945 4/5 April 1945

Further names

Names found in some lists, probably mistake in writing or double-listings:

NameSeeNo. [8] Found
Altgarge
Altgarga
Probably mistake in writingSee Alt Garge [13] [14]
Arbeitsdorf Autonomous concentration camp Volkswagen [7] 29
AumundProbably double-listingSee Bremen-Vegesack [7] No ref [13] [14]
SS-Baubrigade 1
SS-Baubrigade 2
Probably double-listing:
Roman number I = 1, II = 2
See SS-Baubrigade I or II
Baubrigade V - WestNo ref
BarskampNo ref [13] [14]
BergstedtNo ref [13] [14]
BorkumProbably meaning Lager Borkum Nazi name for a camp on Alderney (see there)
OsterortProbably double-listingSee Bremen-Osterort
Bremen-WeserNo ref [13] [14]
Brink-HannoverNo ref [13] [14]
Ebensee
(subcamp to Mauthausen)
Some prisoners from SS-Eisenbahn-Baubrigade 11 were deported to [7] 334
EngerhafeDouble-listingSee Aurich [7]
FidelstedtProbably mistake in writing
See Hamburg-EidelstedtNo ref [13] [14]
FliegerhorstTranslation for military airportProbably KaltenkirchenNo ref
FludwigslustProbably mistake in writing
probably double-listing
See Ludwigslust see: WöbbelinNo ref [13] [14]
Glassau bei SarauProbably mistake in writingSee Glasau [13] [14]
Gross-Fullen(Village to Meppen)No ref [13] [14]
HelgolandProbably meaning Lager Helgoland Nazi name for a camp on Alderney (see there)
IbbenbürenNo ref
LaasbergProbably mistake in writingSee Fallersleben-LaagbergNo ref [13] [14]
NorderneyProbably meaning Lager Norderney Nazi name for a camp on Alderney (see there)
MindenMaybe Neesen, district MindenNo ref [13] [14]
OhldorfMaybe Cemetery Ohlsdorf in Hamburg
working location for SS-Baubrigade II
No ref [13] [14]
Peenemündeor KarlshagenSubcamp to Ravensbrück 699
Schützenhof or
Schützenhof-Bremen
See Bremen, Deschimag, Camp Schützenhof [13] [14]
Sollstadt [13] [14]
Stöcken-HannoverSee Hannover-Stöcken1409
Steinwerder(Quarter of Hamburg)2 camps, see above [13] [14]
StuklenwertProbably mistake in writingSee Stülckenwerft in HamburgNo ref [13] [14]
SyltProbably meaning Lager Sylt Nazi name for a camp on Alderney (see there)
VeerssenProbably mistake in writingSee Meppen-Versen [13] [14]
Veleen [13] [14]

See also

Notes

  1. Overview (2013). "Satellite camps and memorials". KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Overview (2013). "USHMM". USHMM. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  3. 1 2 3 Höhler, Hans-Joachim (2000), Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des KZ Neuengamme und seiner Außenlager, Neuengamme: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neuengamme and KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme(in German, English, French, and Russian)
  4. Staff, Etappen der Lagerräumung (in German), KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, archived from the original on 2007-09-28, retrieved 2008-09-26
  5. Staff (1967-02-23), Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG, Bundesministerium der Justiz , retrieved 2008-09-26
  6. Staff, Zeittafel (in German), KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, archived from the original on 2007-08-30, retrieved 2008-09-26
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Memorial Neuengamme (in German)
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Refers to the official German list Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  9. The websites of the memorials are mostly in German.
  10. "SiteName: Lager Sylt Concentration Camp". February 2003. pp. Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  11. Bonnard, Brian. "Military History: A very brief history of Alderney" . Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  12. Overview (2013). "Bremen-Obernheide". Satellite camps. KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Holocaust Revealed Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Concentration Camp Listing
  15. 1 2 3 "Neuengamme". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  16. Later 5,000 men (Ref: Memorial Neuengamme)

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