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Koncentrační tábor Flossebürg
Concentration camp Flossebürg

Author(s): Barbora Kosturová
Subject(s): Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Keywords: Detention camps; Flossenbürg; Holysov;

Summary/Abstract: The study offers a brief history of concentration camp in Flossenburg, built by Nazi Germany near the border with the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, as a source of manpower for the quarry companies Deutschen Erd und Steinwerken (DESt - German Earth and Stone Work) owned by the SS. The prisoners were mainly political prisoners. In Flossenburg concentration camp passed nearly 100 000 prisoners - men, women and children. One of the branches of the camp was also a concentration camp in Holysov.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 15-91
  • Page Count: 77
  • Language: Czech