Budzyń concentration camp

Budzyń concentration camp was a forced labor and concentration camp built and operated by the SS of Nazi Germany between the Spring of 1942 and June/July 1944. It was located in the industrial district of Kraśnik, Poland, in the Lublin District of the General Government territory of German-occupied Poland. Budzyń began as a sub-camp of the Majdanek concentration camp, but became an independent concentration camp in October 1943 after the deportation of over 1,000 Jews after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Budzyń
Nazi concentration camp
Location of Budzyń within Poland
Budzyń concentration camp (Poland)
Budzyń concentration camp (Lublin Voivodeship)
Coordinates50.95°N 22.2°E / 50.95; 22.2
LocationKraśnik, General Government (German-occupied Poland)
Commandant
  • Otto Hantke (Sept. 1941–Dec. 1941)
  • Heinrich Stoschek (Early 1943)
  • Reinhold Feix (Until August 1943)
  • Werner Mohr
  • Fritz Tauscher (Sept. 1943-January 1944)
  • Josef Leipold (Jan. 1944-June 1944
Original useForced labor
OperationalSpring 1942-June or July 1944
InmatesJews
Number of inmates3,000
KilledEstimated dozens
Notable inmatesMax Glauben

At its peak, over 3,000 prisoners were forced laborers at the camp, working in military factories such as the Heinkel aircraft factory, or conducting manual labor.

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