Heydebreck-Cosel
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Heydebreck was a Nazi Germany
village area with POW camps Arbeitskommando E711A and Bau und Arbeits (BAB, Building and Labor) camp 20 (renamed E794 in November 1944). Five km west in the Cosel district was a subcamp of Auschwitz III (Monowitz) operated from April 1, 1944 to January 26, 1945. In February and March 1944, 800 POWs from Monowitz Arbeitskommando E715 were transferred to chemical facilities in the area of Blechhammer
, Cosel, and Heydebreck.
Heydebreck chemical facilities included a Bergius hydrogenation plant
(3300 tons/month), a Kybol plant, a Methanol plant, a Nitrogen plant, a Butanol plant, an Oppanol plant, and (as at Oppau
) a Tanol plant. As a target of the Oil Campaign of World War II
, Heydebreck was first bombed in June 1944.
A shooting of British POW prisoners at Heydebreck was studied post-war.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
village area with POW camps Arbeitskommando E711A and Bau und Arbeits (BAB, Building and Labor) camp 20 (renamed E794 in November 1944). Five km west in the Cosel district was a subcamp of Auschwitz III (Monowitz) operated from April 1, 1944 to January 26, 1945. In February and March 1944, 800 POWs from Monowitz Arbeitskommando E715 were transferred to chemical facilities in the area of Blechhammer
Blechhammer
The Blechhammer area was the location of Nazi Germany chemical plants, prisoner of war camps, and forced labor camps . Labor camp prisoners began arriving as early as June 17, 1942, and in July 1944, 400-500 men were transferred from the Terezin family camp to Blechhammer...
, Cosel, and Heydebreck.
Heydebreck chemical facilities included a Bergius hydrogenation plant
Oil Campaign targets of World War II
Allied bombing of the Oil Campaign targets of World War II included attacks on Nazi Germany oil refineries, synthetic oil plants, storage depots, and other chemical works. Natural oil was available in Northwestern Germany at Nienhagen , Rietberg , and Heide and refineries were mainly at Hamburg...
(3300 tons/month), a Kybol plant, a Methanol plant, a Nitrogen plant, a Butanol plant, an Oppanol plant, and (as at Oppau
Oppau
Oppau may refer to* Ludwigshafen-Oppau, a suburb of Ludwigshafen, Germany** the Oppau explosion which occurred there in 1921* until 1945, Opawa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland...
) a Tanol plant. As a target of the Oil Campaign of World War II
Oil Campaign of World War II
The Allied Oil Campaign of World War II was directed at facilities supplying Nazi Germany with petroleum, oil, and lubrication products...
, Heydebreck was first bombed in June 1944.
A shooting of British POW prisoners at Heydebreck was studied post-war.