Register of subcamps

Name: Register of the 45 subcamps of KL Auschwitz
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Keywords: Auschwitz, subcamps, KL Auschwitz, forced labour

Forty five camps · 1940–1945 · Upper Silesia, Malopolska, Moravia, Baden-Württemberg

Records in the register
45

45Subcamps of KL Auschwitz

We count as a subcamp a detachment in which the prisoners lived at the place of work and which was under a single Lagerführer. That is why we count Budy as one camp, although it was made up of three parts, and Gliwice as four, because each had its own commander.

The “Work” column gives the branch of industry as classified in the Re-Finding the Sub Camps of Auschwitz research (subcamps-auschwitz.org). The actual work was often narrower or different: at Bobrek, listed as an ironworks, prisoners produced electrical equipment for Siemens. Each subcamp card describes it under “Type of work”.

	Subcamp	Site	Work	Established	Strength	State
1	Aussenkommando Sosnitz	Sośnica	SS detachment	10 July 1940	30	Nothing is left
2	SS Hütte Porombka	Międzybrodzie	SS detachment	autumn 1940	40	Preserved
3	Geflügelfarm Harmense	Harmęże	Farm	December 1941	70	Fragments preserved
4	Wirtschaftshof Budy — Männerlager	Budy	Farm	April 1942	400	Fragments preserved
5	Arbeitslager Golleschau	Goleszów	SS detachment	15 July 1942	1 008	Fragments preserved
6	Arbeitslager Jawischowitz	Jawiszowice	Coal mine	15 August 1942	2 500	Fragments preserved
7	Radostowitz	Radostowice	Forestry	September 1942	20	Preserved
8	Altdorf	Stara Wieś	Forestry	September / October 1942	20	Preserved
9	Aussenkommando Chelmek	Chełmek	Other	October 1942	150	Nothing is left
10	Aussenkommando Kobior	Kobiór	Forestry	autumn 1942	150	Nothing is left
11	Meseritz	Międzyrzecze	Forestry	October 1942 at the latest	100	Unknown
12	Monowitz	Monowice	Chemicals and fuel	October 1942	11 000	Fragments preserved
13	Wirtschaftshof Babitz	Babice	Farm	March 1943	360	Fragments preserved
14	Eintrachthütte	Świętochłowice	Ironworks	26 May 1943	1 374	Fragments preserved
15	Neu-Dachs	Jaworzno	Coal mine	15 June 1943	3 664	Fragments preserved
16	Wirtschaftshof Raisko	Rajsko	Farm	June 1943	300	Fragments preserved
17	Sosnowitz I	Sosnowiec	Other	August 1943	100	Preserved
18	Wirtschaftshof Birkenau	Brzezinka	Farm	August 1943	260	Fragments preserved
19	Arbeitslager Fürstengrube	Wesoła	Coal mine	2 September 1943	1 283	Fragments preserved
20	Arbeitslager Janinagrube	Libiąż	Coal mine	4 September 1943	853	Fragments preserved
21	Lagischa	Łagisza	Power station	8 September 1943	1 000	Nothing is left
22	Brünn	Brno	SS detachment	October 1943	251	Preserved
23	Sonderkommando Kattowitz	Katowice	Other	January 1944	11	Preserved
24	Günthergrube	Lędziny	Coal mine	1 February 1944	586	Nothing is left
25	Arbeitslager Gleiwitz I	Gliwice	Ironworks	March 1944	1 336	Fragments preserved
26	Arbeitslager Blechhammer	Sławięcice	Chemicals and fuel	1 April 1944	4 116	Fragments preserved
27	Arbeitslager Laurahütte	Siemianowice	Ironworks	April 1944	937	Nothing is left
28	Arbeitslager Bobrek	Bobrek	Ironworks	May 1944	213	Fragments preserved
29	Arbeitslager Gleiwitz II	Gliwice	Chemicals and fuel	3 May 1944	1 111	Fragments preserved
30	Arbeitslager Sosnowitz II	Sosnowiec	Ironworks	4 May 1944	863	Fragments preserved
31	Arbeitslager Gleiwitz IV	Gliwice	Construction work	June 1944	800	Nothing is left
32	Arbeitslager Gleiwitz III	Gliwice	Ironworks	July 1944	609	Preserved
33	Arbeitslager Trzebinia	Trzebinia	Chemicals and fuel	August 1944	800	Fragments preserved
34	Hindenburg	Zabrze	Ironworks	August 1944	539	Fragments preserved
35	Tschechowitz-Bombensucherkommando	Czechowice	Bomb disposal	20 August 1944	100	Preserved
36	2 SS Bauzug	Stuttgart · Karlsruhe	Bomb disposal	18 September 1944	505	Nothing is left
37	Arbeitslager Althammer	Stara Kuźnia	Power station	September 1944	500	Fragments preserved
38	Arbeitslager Charlottegrube	Rydułtowy	Coal mine	September 1944	1 000	Fragments preserved
39	Arbeitslager Neustadt O/S	Prudnik	Spinning mill	26 September 1944	430	Preserved
40	Arbeitslager Tschechowitz-Vacuum	Czechowice	Chemicals and fuel	September 1944	600	Preserved
41	Bismarckhütte	Chorzów	Ironworks	September 1944	192	Nothing is left
42	Freudenthal	Bruntál	Spinning mill	between June and September 1944	301	Fragments preserved
43	Lichtewerden	Světlá Hora	Spinning mill	11 November 1944	321	Fragments preserved
44	Arbeitslager Hohenlinde	Łagiewniki	Ironworks	December 1944	202	Fragments preserved
45	Wirtschaftshof Plawy	Pławy	Farm	December 1944	200	Nothing is left

Can these places be visited?
Mostly no. Of the forty five subcamps what is left is foundations in a field, fragments of wall, or nothing. Only a few are secured and open, and those are the ones we show in our educational programmes. The rest now exist only in a register like this one.

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Sources — the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, archive and historical collections · Re-Finding the Sub Camps of Auschwitz, field research by the Tiergartenstrasse4 Association 2005–2008, subcamps-auschwitz.org · field documentation by Auschwitz Subcamps.

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