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Flößberg Concentration Camp Memorial

Flößberg Concentration Camp Memorial

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Flößberg Concentration Camp Memorial

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Location: Frohburg, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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1. View of Harald-Krug Lake – View of Bockwitzer Lake loop from Beucha

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3. Hiking loop from Beucha

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Michi LE

December 10, 2021

At the end of November 1944, the construction of a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp began in Flößberg. First of all, company employees and civil slave laborers began to build barracks and fences in a wooded area belonging to the village. On December 28, 1944, 150 Jewish prisoners arrived from the Buchenwald concentration camp. In the following period the number of inmates increased sharply. The peak was reached in February 1945 with 1,450 prisoners.

First of all, the prisoners set up production facilities for the armaments company HASAG, which wanted to manufacture bazookas here. In addition to the construction of production halls, storage rooms and living barracks, this also included the laying of tracks. On March 5, 1945, an Allied air raid destroyed the production facilities. To this day it is unclear whether bazookas were even produced before the destruction.

The prisoners were also used outside the camp for work, including defusing bombs after air attacks or during clearing work on damaged buildings.

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Jordis

November 8, 2020

The Flößberg subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was set up on December 28, 1944 as the "Jewish Foreign Command". An oppressive place in the middle of the forest. So many names, so many lives ...

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Ilja Weber

January 26, 2025

A very important work has recently been published: the book "Imprisoned in Flößberg." So much has been preserved for posterity. Thanks to both authors!

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Location: Frohburg, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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Flößberg Concentration Camp Memorial

1. View of Harald-Krug Lake – View of Bockwitzer Lake loop from Beucha

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