Flossenbürg-Zwickau

Names

• Zwickau
• Außenlager Zwickau

Type

• Concentration camp
• Subcamp of Flossenbürg
• Forced labour camp

Dates

(YYYY-MM-DD)

• Opened: 1944-08-30
• Closed: 1945-04-14

Locations

Horch "Hochbau"

50.732819/12.474554

geo:12.474554,50.732819 (link for navigation systems)

• Street Address: Kopernikusstraße
• District: Zwickau-West
• Town: Zwickau
• State: Sachsen
• Country: Germany

Organisations involved

• Horch AG
• Auto Union AG

Current status

Memorials

Horch Werke

• Auf dem Lagergelände wurden in den 50er Jahren Werkhallen gebaut, an denen eine Gedenktafel an das Außenlager erinnerte.
• This location may not be accurate. More research is needed.

50.732181/12.474817

geo:12.474817,50.732181 (link for navigation systems)

• Street Address: Kopernikusstraße
• District: Zwickau-West
• Town: Zwickau
• State: Sachsen
• Country: Germany

Gedenkort für die Opfer des NSU

50.717308/12.488751

geo:12.488751,50.717308 (link for navigation systems)

• Street Address: Reichenbacher Straße
• District: [[]]
• Town: Zwickau
• State: Sachsen
• Country: Germany

Resources

Bibliography

• Der Ort des Terrors, Band 4, page 282
• Das Nationalsozialistische Lagersystem, (CCP), page 233,560,637
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Volume I: part A page 686
• Die nationalsozialistischen Lager, page 195
• Verzeichnis der Haftstätten unter dem Reichsführer-SS 1933-1945, page 123

Links

• https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/de/geschichte/aussenlager/zwickau
• https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/de/besuch/ausstellungen/strukturen-der-vernichtung
• https://asso-flossenburg.com/kommando/zwickau/
• https://www.iku-sachsen.de/erleben/akteure-erlebnisorte/details/fabrikerweiterungsbau-horch-ag/

Outstanding questions

• The prisoners were accommodated in a barracks camp about 100 meters (328 feet) from the factory, which appeared to be secured against escape attempts by an electrified fence and towers containing guards armed with machine guns. More research is needed to find the (exact) location of the actual camp.
• "Zwickau" is mentioned in Supreme headquarters allied expeditionary force, The German concentration camps, page A89 as "Reichenbach" in 1933, 1936, 1938 and "Possibly a PW camp now.". More research is needed, as the Flossenbürg-Zwickau camp is said to have been near another camp and in the factory many forced labourers from other countries were active.