Neuengamme concentration camp

Neuengamme
Nazi concentration camp
Prisoners at forced labor along the camp fence
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Location	Hamburg, Northern Germany
Operated by	Schutzstaffel (SS)
Commandant	Walter Eisfeld (February 1940 – March 1940) Martin Gottfried Weiss (April 1940 – August 1942) Max Pauly (September 1942 – 4 May 1945)
Operational	1938–1945
Number of inmates	106,000
Killed	42,900
Liberated by	British Army
Notable inmates	See Notable inmates
Website	www.kz-gedenkstaette-neuengamme.de

Neuengamme was a network of Nazi concentration camps in Northern Germany that consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and more than 85 satellite camps. Established in 1938 near the village of Neuengamme in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, the Neuengamme camp became the largest concentration camp in Northwest Germany. Over 100,000 prisoners came through Neuengamme and its subcamps, 24 of which were for women. The verified death toll is 42,900: 14,000 in the main camp, 12,800 in the subcamps, and 16,100 in the death marches and bombings during the final weeks of World War II.^[1] Following Germany's defeat in 1945, the British Army used the site as an internment camp for SS and other Nazi officials. In 1948, the British transferred the land to the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, which summarily demolished the camp's wooden barracks and built in its stead a prison cell block, converting the former concentration camp site into two state prisons operated by the Hamburg authorities from 1950 to 2004. Following protests by various groups of survivors and allies, the site now serves as a memorial. It is situated 15 km southeast of the centre of Hamburg.^[2]