Sammlung GB 1556 WL 1415 - Schwarzheide concentration camp: Documents regarding bombing

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GB 1556 WL 1415

Titel

Schwarzheide concentration camp: Documents regarding bombing

Datum/Laufzeit

  • 1990s (Anlage)

Erschließungsstufe

Sammlung

Umfang und Medium

1 file

Bereich "Kontext"

Name des Bestandsbildners

Biographische Angaben

Schwarzheide concentration camp, 50 km north of Dresden, a sub-camp of Sachsenhausen, was established in July 1944 initially to house 1000 Jewish slave labourers who were to work in the Braunkohlen-Benzinwerkes (Brabag) nearby. Such was the importance of this factory to the German war effort that it had been bombed on several occasions and for the whole of June 1944 was completely put out of action. Once the complex had recovered from this last assault, preparations were made to transfer inmates from Auschwitz, who had all lost their families in the aftermath of the liquidation of the so-called 'Familienlager' in Theresienstadt. Several inmates from Sachsenhausen had been sent over to fill posts of responsibility to administer the camp. It was a brutal regime, in which many inmates were worked to death. In addition many died or were injured as a result of Allied bombing attacks, mainly because they were not evacuated or given protection during air raids.

Bestandsgeschichte

GB 1556 WL 1415 1990s collection 1 file Bright , Frank , fl 1990s

Schwarzheide concentration camp, 50 km north of Dresden, a sub-camp of Sachsenhausen, was established in July 1944 initially to house 1000 Jewish slave labourers who were to work in the Braunkohlen-Benzinwerkes (Brabag) nearby. Such was the importance of this factory to the German war effort that it had been bombed on several occasions and for the whole of June 1944 was completely put out of action. Once the complex had recovered from this last assault, preparations were made to transfer inmates from Auschwitz, who had all lost their families in the aftermath of the liquidation of the so-called 'Familienlager' in Theresienstadt. Several inmates from Sachsenhausen had been sent over to fill posts of responsibility to administer the camp. It was a brutal regime, in which many inmates were worked to death. In addition many died or were injured as a result of Allied bombing attacks, mainly because they were not evacuated or given protection during air raids.

Deposited by Frank Bright.

Papers of Schwarzheide concentration camp, 1990s, comprise copies of documentation regarding its bombing, including various short articles on the subject; details of the units employed in the bombing raids; maps of the camp and environs and correspondence with archives regarding relevant holdings.

Arranged in original order.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

German and English

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

March 2008 Aerial bombardment Air warfare Concentration camps Humanitarian law Military engineering Schwarzheide concentration camp War crimes Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Abgebende Stelle

Deposited by Frank Bright.

Bereich "Inhalt und innere Ordnung"

Eingrenzung und Inhalt

Papers of Schwarzheide concentration camp, 1990s, comprise copies of documentation regarding its bombing, including various short articles on the subject; details of the units employed in the bombing raids; maps of the camp and environs and correspondence with archives regarding relevant holdings.

Bewertung, Vernichtung und Terminierung

Zuwächse

Ordnung und Klassifikation

Arranged in original order.

Bedingungen des Zugriffs- und Benutzungsbereichs

Benutzungsbedingungen

Open

Reproduktionsbedingungen

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprache

  • Englisch

Schrift in den Unterlagen

  • Lateinisch

Anmerkungen zu Sprache und Schrift

German and English

Physische Beschaffenheit und technische Anforderungen

Findmittel

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Bereich Sachverwandte Unterlagen

Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Originalen

Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Kopien

Verwandte Verzeichnungseinheiten

Verwandte Beschreibungen

Bereich "Anmerkungen"

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Zugriffspunkte (Ort)

Zugriffspunkte (Name)

Zugriffspunkte (Genre)

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Archivcode

Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Erschließungstiefe

Daten der Bestandsbildung, Überprüfung, Löschung/Kassierung

Sprache(n)

  • Englisch

Schrift(en)

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