Flossenbürg-Venusberg

Names

• Venusberg
• Venuswerke A.G. Spinnerei
• Außenlager Venusberg

Type

• Concentration camp
• Subcamp of Flossenbürg
• Forced labour camp

Dates

(YYYY-MM-DD)

• Opened:
• Closed:

Locations

Spinnerei

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

50.696067/12.988817

geo:12.988817,50.696067 (link for navigation systems)

• Street Address: Waldstraße 16
• District: [[]]
• Town: Venusberg
• State: Sachsen
• Country: Germany1

Organisations involved

• Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG

Current status

Memorials

Memorial at the location of a mass grave

50.699178/12.994715

geo:12.994715,50.699178 (link for navigation systems)

• Street Address: Talstraße
• District: [[]]
• Town: Gelenau/Erzgebirge
• State: Sachsen
• Country: Germany

Resources

Bibliography

• KZ Venusberg der verschleppte Tod, Pascal Cziborra, 2015
• Der Ort des Terrors, Band 4, page 263
• Das Nationalsozialistische Lagersystem, (CCP), page 235
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Volume I: part A page 674
• Verzeichnis der Haftstätten unter dem Reichsführer-SS 1933-1945, page 121

Links

• https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/de/geschichte/aussenlager/venusberg

Outstanding questions

• The location is at the factory. The location of the actual camp was probably near the mass grave, where the memorial is. More research is needed to confirm this.