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 current location "Spinnerei" is the factory. The location of the actual camp where the prisoners were imprisoned was probably near the mass grave, where the memorial is. More research is needed to confirm this.