Flossenbürg-Ganacker

Names

• Ganacker

Type

• Concentration camp
• Subcamp of Flossenbürg
• Forced labour camp

Dates

(YYYY-MM-DD)

• Opened: 1945-02-21
• Closed: 1945-04-24

List of (known) subcamps, internal and external work details

External work details (Aussenkommando)

• Münchshöfen

Locations

Camp location

RAF Aerial photo of Fliegerhorst Ganacker, location of the forced labour camp Ganacker, subcamp of Flossenbürg

Fliegerhorst Ganacker

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

48.72182/12.69423

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• Street Address: Wallersdorfer Straße
• District: Ganacker
• Town: Pilsting
• State: Bayern
• Country: Germany

Organisations involved

• Polensky und Zöllner

Current status

Memorials

St. Sebastian church

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• Street Address: [[]]
• District: [[]]
• Town: Wallersdorf
• State: Bayern
• Country: Germany

48.720763/12.722195

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• Street Address: St. Sebastian
• District: [[]]
• Town: Wallersdorf
• State: Bayern
• Country: Germany

Outstanding questions

• The Bundeszentrale indicates that the earliest date for the camp’s establishment found in reports is 1941; eyewitnesses and a report by the local authorities in Wallersdorf from 1951 point to the fall of 1944 (September)

Resources

Bibliography

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia I-A page 597
• Verzeichnis der Haftstätten unter dem Reichsführer-SS 1933-1945, page 104

Links

• https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/de/geschichte/aussenlager/ganacker
• https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/thema/Ganacker
• https://www.pnp.de/archiv/1/wie-war-das-damals-mit-dem-fliegerhorst-ganacker-7094555