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The women were transported from [[Ravensbrück]] and women’s subcamps of [[Buchenwald]], such as [[Torgau]], to Abteroda to work for [[BMW]] in the production of chemicals for blasting agents. | The women were transported from [[Ravensbrück]] and women’s subcamps of [[Buchenwald]], such as [[Torgau]], to Abteroda to work for [[Bayerische Motorenwerke AG|BMW]] in the production of chemicals for blasting agents. | ||
The women’s subcamp in Abteroda was evacuated in early April 1945 to the area of Eisenach. | The women’s subcamp in Abteroda was evacuated in early April 1945 to the area of Eisenach. | ||
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[[Category:Forced | [[Category:Forced labour camp]] | ||
[[Category:SS-WVHA]] | [[Category:SS-WVHA]] | ||
[[Category:Buchenwald]] | [[Category:Buchenwald]] | ||
[[Category:Deutschland]] | [[Category:Deutschland]] | ||
[[Category:Bayerische Motorenwerke AG]] | [[Category:Bayerische Motorenwerke AG]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:47, 10 September 2024
Names
Abteroda
code name Anton
Type
Dates
Opened: October 1944
Closed: early April 1945
Location
Schacht Abteroda: 50.90520/10.06679 Memorial: 50.90615/10.07452
Street Address: Mahnstrasse
District: Abteroda, Wartburgkreis
Town: Werra-Suhl-Tal
State: Thüringen
Country: Deutschland
Population
249 in early April 1945
Company Names
Bayerische Motorenwerke AG (BMW)
Victims and Survivors
The inmates appear to be mostly French, Russian, German, Italian, and Polish.
Names of victims and survivors, if these are known.
Staff
This camp was run by the SS.
Names of SS and other people involved in the exploitation, including convictions where applicable.
Description
The women were transported from Ravensbrück and women’s subcamps of Buchenwald, such as Torgau, to Abteroda to work for BMW in the production of chemicals for blasting agents. The women’s subcamp in Abteroda was evacuated in early April 1945 to the area of Eisenach.
See also a collection of prisoner lists to and from the Abteroda camp copied from AN-MACVG (originally from the ITS), stored at the archives of the USHMMA, Acc. 1998 A.0045, especially Bu 44 (future expansion)
Sources
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia I-A page 300
- https://www.rabaranowski.de/kz-abteroda-bmw-eisenach/
