Language:
German
Year of publication:
1994
Titel der Quelle:
Menora; Jahrbuch für deutsch-jüdische Geschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
5 (1994) 415-433
Keywords:
Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp)
;
Jews History 1939-1945
;
Nazi concentration camps
Abstract:
Gross-Rosen was established in August 1940 as a satellite camp of Sachsenhausen; it became an independent camp in 1941. Jews were transferred there from other camps in Germany, chiefly those imprisoned for their political orientation or for "Rassenschande". The camp was considered one of the worst, and the Jews were treated even worse than other prisoners. Many died within a few weeks. In October 1942 the Jewish inmates of Gross-Rosen, as of all the camps on German soil - were transported to Auschwitz. However, a year later, with the growing need for labor in the war industry, thousands of Jews (mainly from Hungary, but also from Poland) were brought to Gross-Rosen. Although their labor was needed, conditions were no better than before and the death rate was as high.
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