Gleiwitz Steigern Labor Camp
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Gleiwitz Steigern Labor Camp

Katowice, Miasto Katowice, Śląskie, Poland – *No GPS coordinates

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In spring 1944, by the initiative of the board of directors of Deutsche Gasrusswerke GmbH Gleiwitz, two slave labor camps were established in Gliwice. They were located at ul. Pszczyńska, in the immediate vicinity of the production plant. The first camp was designed for slave workers, mainly Poles. The second one was for Jews (Judenlager) and it was called Rü Lager Degusa (Rüstenlager) Gleiwitz-Steigern or Zwangsarbeiterlager Degusa Gleiwitz-Steigern Deutsche Gasrusswerke GmbH. On the 3rd day of May, 1944, the camp became a sub camp of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and renamed to Arbeitslager Gleiwitz II

Initially, the camp held 261 men and 245 women prisoners. In May 1944, a transport of about 2 thousand Jews from Hungary reached Gliwice. They were placed in Gleiwitz I and Gleiwitz II camps. Another group arrived in June, increasing the number of prisoners to 1,111 (740 men, 371 women.) They were mainly Jews; taken from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, France, Belgium, Holland, Austria and Germany.

In the camp, the men were dealing with the machinery repair and maintenance, as well as with expanding the factory, and women were working processing anthracite, sulfur and oils into soot. This work was carried out indoors, with the temperatures about 60-70 degrees Celsius, wearing tight coveralls.The women prisoners were carrying buckets of waste oil which was 300 degrees Celsius, and pouring it out to a special tank located in the factory area. Accidents and severe burns were frequent. The living conditions in the camp were extremely harsh.






In spring 1944, by the initiative of the board of directors of Deutsche Gasrusswerke GmbH Gleiwitz, two slave labor camps were established in Gliwice. They were located at ul. Pszczyńska, in the immediate vicinity of the production plant. The first camp was designed for slave workers, mainly Poles. The second one was for Jews (Judenlager) and it was called Rü Lager Degusa (Rüstenlager) Gleiwitz-Steigern or Zwangsarbeiterlager Degusa Gleiwitz-Steigern Deutsche Gasrusswerke GmbH. On the 3rd day of May, 1944, the camp became a sub camp of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and renamed to Arbeitslager Gleiwitz II

Initially, the camp held 261 men and 245 women prisoners. In May 1944, a transport of about 2 thousand Jews from Hungary reached Gliwice. They were placed in Gleiwitz I and Gleiwitz II camps. Another group arrived in June, increasing the number of prisoners to 1,111 (740 men, 371 women.) They were mainly Jews; taken from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, France, Belgium, Holland, Austria and Germany.

In the camp, the men were dealing with the machinery repair and maintenance, as well as with expanding the factory, and women were working processing anthracite, sulfur and oils into soot. This work was carried out indoors, with the temperatures about 60-70 degrees Celsius, wearing tight coveralls.The women prisoners were carrying buckets of waste oil which was 300 degrees Celsius, and pouring it out to a special tank located in the factory area. Accidents and severe burns were frequent. The living conditions in the camp were extremely harsh.






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