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SACHSENHAUSEN 30 Km. north of BERLIN.
(Brandenburg) Name of one of the largest J's.
Really 2 camps, 1),SACHSENHAUSEN
2) ORANIENBURG
Both near the town of ORANIENBURG.
Little information is available on the
Oranienburg camp Which was closed for a
time and opened again in 1941. It was
reported to have 3,000 inmates, in August
1943.
The following information therefore concerns
SACHSENTIAUSEN only.
Type
Between 1938 and 1941 the camp
consisted of
1 Prisoner's camp
Commandant's camp
Deutsche Auartiistungswerke (an SS
enterprise)
4 Camp far SS-Totenkopf-Stanaarte
5 SS , settlement colony
6 Brick works
, A large boot factory was established
in the camp in 1940, but was not yet in
operation in January, 1941.
The camp was so big that 21 Lagerfahrer
each with an Arbeitsdienstftihrer; were
said to exist. (See text, para 6.)
The prisoner's camp had 85 wooden
'buildings.
The Kommandanturlager was separated by
a . 10-foot wall above which electricallycharged
wire was strung.
' The SS-TV-Standarte had 15 barracks
for 150 men each, 8 other two-storey
barracks and 6 three-storey brick
barracks;
For Polish inmates there was the
”Nolenlarger" also known as "Quarantine"
where especially harsh treatment Was
meted. out.
Six isolated barracks were reserved
for the Strafkompagnie.
Inmates
April 1940. 10,000 internees were
said to be in this camp. These were:
1,000 ;Jews
1,500 Czechs (2/3 of them students)
500 Poles
7,000 Germans of Whom 3,000 were
classified as politically dangerous, and
4,000 as anti-social elements including
habitual criminals.
May 1940: 4,000 Poles arrived here.
In the winter 1940/41 2,000 inmates are
said to have died.
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