In the antechamber to extermination: The fate of Polish and Jewish convicts and “Night and Fog Prisoners” in the penitentiary subcamp Blachownia Śląska (Blechhammer) in 1942–1945
In the antechamber to extermination: The fate of Polish and Jewish convicts and “Night and Fog Prisoners” in the penitentiary subcamp Blachownia Śląska (Blechhammer) in 1942–1945
Author(s): Susanne BarthSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Nazi penitentiary subcamps; work education camps; anti-Polish and anti-Jewish policies in Silesia; extermination through labor; “Night and Fog prisoners“;
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines for the first time the role played by a penitentiary subcamp, that was set up in Blachownia Śląska (Blechhammer) by the penitentiary in Strzelce Opolskie (Gross Strehlitz) in 1942, as part of the Nazis’ plans to “Germanize” the annexed Silesian territories and to eliminate “racial” and political opponents.
Journal: Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
- Issue Year: 78/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 43-75
- Page Count: 33
- Language: English
