The following is a list of subcamps of the Majdanek concentration camp run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. The list, supplied by the Majdanek State Museum,[1] identifies two German categories of the KL Lublin/Majdanek subcamps; the Arbeitzlagers, and the so-called Kommandos. The satellite camps were named Aussenlager (external camp), Nebenlager (extension or subcamp), and Arbeitslager (labor camp). Some of them were less than ten kilometers away from the main camp, with prisoner populations ranging from several dozens to several thousand.[2]
Around 1943 the SS put a number of separate camps under the command of the Majdanek administration including Trawniki, Krasnik, Pulawy and Poniatowa concentration camps.[2] However, a similar plan to include the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in the list was never realized partly because of the Sobibor extermination camp uprising in the vicinity. Plaszow remained an independent Konzentrationslager associated with Auschwitz.
Subcamps of Majdanek
editGuarded by the SS division of the Totenkopfverbände,[3] the known sub-camps of KL Majdanek included:
| #. | Name | Location | Duration | Function | Prisoners | Firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | DAW Lublin | Lublin: ul. Lipowa, ul. Chełmska; Puławy | 1940-1944 | Multipurpose | Yearly from 1,220 (1940) to 15,779 (1944) | Deutsche Ausruestungswerke (DAW) |
| 2. | Arbeitslager Radom | Bliżyn, Radom | Since winter 1944 | Workshops, factories | 2,500 prisoners | Deutsche Ausruestungswerke (DAW) |
| 3. | Arbeitzlager Blizyn | Bliżyn | From winter 1944 | Quarry, workshops | Several thousand | Deutsche Ausruestungswerke (DAW), Ostidnustrie |
| 4. | BKW Lublin | Lublin, ul. Chełmska | 1941 – 1944 | Textile works | Over 200 prisoners | Bekleidungswerke Dachau – Aussenstelle Lublin, Ostindustrie |
| 5. | Bydzyn | Budzyń near Kraśnik | June 1944 – January 1945 | Airplane parts | 1,000 prisoners | Heinkel |
| 6. | KL Warschau | Warszawa, ul. Gęsia | Since 1944 | Work commandos for Ghetto demolition | Several thousand | Ostdeutsche Tiefbau, Berlinische Baugeselschaft. |
Kommandos
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| 7. | SS-Polizeiführerkommando Sportsplatz [4] | Lublin (Wieniawa), ul. Ogródkowa | Spring 1942 – Spring 1944 | Ghetto demolition | Approx. 120-600 prisoners | Schutzstaffel (SS) |
| 8. | Standorterwaltungskommando | Lublin | 1942 – 1943 | Forced labour at SS garrison | Up to a hundred | Schutzstaffel (SS) |
| 9. | Trawniki | Trawniki | Jesień 1942 | Bridge construction | 50 skilled workers | /-/ |
| 10. | Sägewerkkommando Piaski | Piaski k. Lublina | 1943 | Lumber mill | Dozens | SS |
| 11. | Kommando | Chełm | 1944 | SS Wiking | Two dozen | SS |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Majdanek State Museum (2014), Witryna Państwowego Muzeum na Majdanku. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Forced labor-camps in District Lublin: Budzyn, Trawniki, Poniatowa, Krasnik, Pulawy, Airstrip and Lipowa camps". Holocaust Encyclopedia: Lublin/Majdanek Concentration Camp. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ^ J Mayer (20 Feb 2011). "KL Lublin-Majdanek". Der Ort des Terrors - Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager. Band 5. Axis History. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ ARC (6 July 2006), SS-Polizeiführerkommando Sportplatz, Aktion Reinhard, homepage.
- Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku (The Majdanek State Museum) official website.
- Internet portal "KL Lublin" (in Polish)
- Towarzystwo Opieki nad Majdankiem – Oddział w Białymstoku (The Society for the Preservation of Majdanek) official website.