Subcamp Portal

By mid-1944, over half of all Buchenwald concentration camp prisoners were held in subcamps. These camps stretched from the Rhine and Ruhr rivers in the west to the Elbe River in the east. Here you can explore the history of over 140 subcamps.

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What is a Subcamp? The subcamp system of Buchenwald concentration camp

In this context, subcamps refer to locations where the SS housed prisoners for forced labor for shorter or longer periods of time outside the main camp on Ettersberg near Weimar, known at the time as the Stammlager.

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