Bobrek concentration camp
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Bobrek was a subcamp of Monowitz concentration camp and part of the Auschwitz
concentration camp complex. It was built by Siemens
predecessor Siemens-Schuckert
near the town of Bobrek, Poland
, it held approximately 250-300 prisoners who were used as slave labor to produce electrical parts for aircraft and U-boats.
Bobrek subcamp was evacuated along with the other camps in the Auschwitz complex on January 18, 1945. The prisoners were sent on a death march
to a concentration camp in Gleiwitz, Poland. Many were then transported by rail to Buchenwald. While in Buchenwald Siemens-Shukert executives sought out the former Bobrek workers and had them shipped to their factory in Siemensstadt
a suburb of Berlin
.
Auschwitz concentration camp
Concentration camp Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II...
concentration camp complex. It was built by Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
predecessor Siemens-Schuckert
Siemens-Schuckert
Siemens-Schuckert was a German electrical engineering company headquartered in Berlin, Erlangen and Nuremberg that was incorporated into the Siemens AG in 1966....
near the town of Bobrek, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, it held approximately 250-300 prisoners who were used as slave labor to produce electrical parts for aircraft and U-boats.
Bobrek subcamp was evacuated along with the other camps in the Auschwitz complex on January 18, 1945. The prisoners were sent on a death march
Death marches (Holocaust)
The death marches refer to the forcible movement between Autumn 1944 and late April 1945 by Nazi Germany of thousands of prisoners from German concentration camps near the war front to camps inside Germany.-General:...
to a concentration camp in Gleiwitz, Poland. Many were then transported by rail to Buchenwald. While in Buchenwald Siemens-Shukert executives sought out the former Bobrek workers and had them shipped to their factory in Siemensstadt
Siemensstadt
The Siemensstadt Housing Estate is a nonprofit residential community in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin. It is one of the six Modernist Housing Estates in Berlin recognized in July 2008 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.-Geography:...
a suburb of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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