Tag: Flossenbürg
Hell made of stone: After 79 years, granite mining ends at the Flossenbürg concentration camp quarry – Bavaria
79 years after the liberation of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, granite mining at the former concentration camp quarry ends. Many prisoners died during the inhumane work. About the long struggle…
National Socialism: The chimney sweep from Flossenbürg – Bavaria
Lorenz Zitzmann, 96, first had to work in a concentration camp as a teenager. He was later sent to the front as a soldier. The memories of that time haunt…
The chimney sweep from Flossenbürg – Bavaria
Lorenz Zitzmann, 96, first had to work in a concentration camp as a teenager. He was later sent to the front as a soldier. The memories of that time haunt…
Bavaria: Concentration camp survivor Shelomo Selinger visits Flossenbürg – Bavaria
Shelomo Selinger survived nine concentration camps and ghettos. The 94-year-old artist returned on the day the Flossenbürg concentration camp was liberated to report on his fate and experiences. No, under…
Weiden / Flossenbürg – Former concentration camp guard died during an investigation – Bavaria
Home Bavaria October 8, 2021, 6:48 p.m. Weiden / Flossenbürg:Former concentration camp guard died during an investigation There will be no more trial against a former security guard in the…
Debate about “prisoner wall” – granite mining or commemoration – Bavaria
The decision seemed to have been made three years ago. The Free State will no longer extend the lease, at the latest after the year 2024 the quarry at the…
Former Flossenbürg concentration camp: 96-year-old in focus because of possible Nazi crimes
The Weiden public prosecutor’s office is investigating a man from Lower Franconia for possible crimes in the former Flossenbürg Nazi concentration camp. There is no telling whether the indictment will…