Work camp Gleiwitz
Camp for forced labor
Work camp Gleiwitz II was a subcamp of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. In this camp carbon black was manufactured for Deutsche Gasrusswerke, a subsidiary of Degussa (Deutsche Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt). More than 1000 prisoners of this camp had to work in this factory. They were primarily Jewish men, but also women from Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, and Germany.
For Poland, the Second World War started on 1 September 1939 at 4:45 am with the attack by the German battleship the Schleswig-Holstein on the Polish military base in Westerplatte in Danzig. This was preceded one day earlier by the “Gliwice (Gleiwitz) provocation” - Germans pretended to be Poles and attacked a radio transmitter in Gliwice. In this way the Germans tried to make the Poles guilty of the outbreak of the war. The invasion of Poland developed into a real campaign that lasted more than a month. The Poles resisted fiercely despite the superior numbers of the German army.
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november-december 1942
Riding breeches for the sergeant
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november-december 1942
Sewing in exchange for food
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1943
At roll call
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winter 1943 - 1944
The cold
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winter 1943 - 1944
Food in the camp
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winter 1943 - 1944
Civilization on its head
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winter 1943 - 1944
Postcard of Gleiwitz
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mei 1944
Under the SS
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mei – december 1944
Punishment drills
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12 november 1942
Arrival in the camp
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1943
Heymann’s shed
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mei – december 1944
SS-Oberscharführer Friedrich Jansen
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november-december 1942
Forced labor
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mei – december 1944
Not to forget
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november-december 1942
Work camp for Jews
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1943
Heymann’s death
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mei – december 1944
Hoping to be reunited
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november-december 1942
Bread as currency
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1 januari 1945
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
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november-december 1942
Jobs acquired
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1943
Van Amerongen
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januari 1945
Sick
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november-december 1942
An indecent proposal
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1943
Max Hartogson
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17-18 januari 1945
A big grab party
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november-december 1942
The transport team
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1943
Soap
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18 januari 1945
On a march
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november-december 1942
Mittens
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1943
Welding