Once a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, this was where the fuel production was to be moved underground in the years 1944-1945 to protect against air raids.
The official Elsterperlenweg makes a big detour around the facility, the direct route to this place leads from Berga along the banks of the Elster.

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Obsti

May 8, 2020

The Schwalbe V project was a secret construction project from 1944 to April 1945 as part of the Geilenberg program. The construction was carried out by the Todt organization and the SS for the forced recruitment of human workers. The goal was the decentralized relocation of fuel production to underground at the end of the Second World War, the so-called U-relocation. The valley of the Weißen Elster near Berga / Elster promised sufficient cover to protect against air raids by the Allies.

The “Arge Berga” from the companies Hochtief and Karl Plinke were involved in the construction.

At the Schwalbe V construction site, 314 people died under inhumane conditions

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Mark

July 4, 2023

The Schwalbe V project was a secret construction project from 1944 to April 1945 within the framework of the Geilenberg program. The construction work was the responsibility of the Organization Todt and the SS for the forced recruitment of human labour. The aim was the decentralized relocation of fuel production to underground at the end of the Second World War, the so-called underground relocation at the time. The valley of the Weißen Elster near Berga/Elster promised sufficient cover to protect against Allied air raids

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Location: Berga/Elster, Greiz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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