Population at Flossenburg
The original intention for the camp was to use asocial prisoners for work in the Nazi operated stone quarry. However, by 1943, they had over 4,000 prisoners. Many of them were soviet prisoners of war, along with asocials, homosexuals, Jehovah's witnesses, and political opponents. Flossenburg housed few Jews until 1944, when they began receiving large shipments of Hungarian and Polish Jews. Flossenburg continued to grow and use forced labor, and expanded to have over 80 subcamps. At its high in 1945, Flossenburg had as many as 53,000 prisoners, with about 14,000 housed in the main camp. It is believed that about 30,000 people died there in total ("Flossenburg")
The original intention for the camp was to use asocial prisoners for work in the Nazi operated stone quarry. However, by 1943, they had over 4,000 prisoners. Many of them were soviet prisoners of war, along with asocials, homosexuals, Jehovah's witnesses, and political opponents. Flossenburg housed few Jews until 1944, when they began receiving large shipments of Hungarian and Polish Jews. Flossenburg continued to grow and use forced labor, and expanded to have over 80 subcamps. At its high in 1945, Flossenburg had as many as 53,000 prisoners, with about 14,000 housed in the main camp. It is believed that about 30,000 people died there in total ("Flossenburg")
Julian Noga, a Polish prisoner, is defined as a Pole by the P on his shirt. He was in Flossenburg from 1942-1945.
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"Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Protestant theologian who was executed in the Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945. Germany, date uncertain" (ushmm).
ushmm.org. Web. 11/3/2013
ushmm.org. Web. 11/3/2013