Hinzert-Vicht

Names

• Vicht
• Vicht ueber Stolberg/Rhld.
• Vicht (Gressenich)

Type

• Concentration camp
• Subcamp of Hinzert
• Police custody camp
• Forced labour camp

Dates

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• Opened: 1939-12-05
• Closed: 1941

Locations

Camp location

• This location may not be accurate. More research is needed.

50.74106/6.27068

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Organisations involved

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Staff

This camp was run by the Organisation Todt

• Vicht was solely an OT camp. Prisoners were interned there for three to four weeks for minor infractions—work absenteeism, insubordination, or theft from “comrades.” Those sentenced for longer periods were held in the Hinzert camp.

Names of perpetrators and any other people involved

• [Paul Sporrenberg]

Current status

Memorials

Memorial location

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No memorial known at this time.

Resources

Bibliography

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Volume I: part A page 841
• Das Nationalsozialistische Lagersystem, (CCP), page 627
• Verzeichnis der Haftstätten unter dem Reichsführer-SS 1933-1945, page 714

Links

• https://aachen.vvn-bda.de/mausbach-und-die-gemeinde-gressenich-unter-der-naziknute-ein-rundgang-durch-mausbach/