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Concentration Camp Gräditz

Powiat świdnicki, Dolnośląskie, Poland – *No GPS coordinates

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Extern kommando is a Holocaust subcamp.

Here, in 1941, a labor camp for Jews was organized in the framework of "Organization Schmelt" (Pregnancy Workers for Jews). There a number of people performed agricultural work, soil improvement, barracks construction and jobs for a few small businesses. It is likely people also came from transports to Auschwitz. From transports from Drancy and/or Westerbork, a group of young men was selected who could serve as good workers, and these men were sent to Gräditz. Their wives and children were deported to Auschwitz and most of them were killed there. In the years 1943-1944 many Schmelt camps in Lower Silesia were taken over by the Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp, but apparently Extern Commando Gräditz was simply eliminated, even though some claim the camp would existed until February 1945. More than 100 people in Graditz had to live on rations intended for 40 people. The residents were stripped of their identity and had to walk in striped camp clothes. Their hair was shaved. To survive they had to steal rations from others. Among the victims was the Dutch chess champion Salo Landau.

Extern kommando is a Holocaust subcamp.

Here, in 1941, a labor camp for Jews was organized in the framework of "Organization Schmelt" (Pregnancy Workers for Jews). There a number of people performed agricultural work, soil improvement, barracks construction and jobs for a few small businesses. It is likely people also came from transports to Auschwitz. From transports from Drancy and/or Westerbork, a group of young men was selected who could serve as good workers, and these men were sent to Gräditz. Their wives and children were deported to Auschwitz and most of them were killed there. In the years 1943-1944 many Schmelt camps in Lower Silesia were taken over by the Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp, but apparently Extern Commando Gräditz was simply eliminated, even though some claim the camp would existed until February 1945. More than 100 people in Graditz had to live on rations intended for 40 people. The residents were stripped of their identity and had to walk in striped camp clothes. Their hair was shaved. To survive they had to steal rations from others. Among the victims was the Dutch chess champion Salo Landau.

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  • Added: 2 Mar 2018
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2661257