flossenbürg

The fate of the European Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust
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Did you know
... that towards the end of the
war, thousands of prisoners
of Flossenbürg concentration
camp were forced to go on a
“death march” to southern
Germany?
...that many of the weak and
starving prisoners were shot
by their guards during the last
days of the war in 1945? One
of the survivors was 14-yearold Karl Stojka.
For you to do
Find out what rules apply to
the treatment of prisoners.
Can they be forced to work?
The photo
The National Socialists planned Flossenbürg as a concentration camp with forced labour
under their “Extermination Through Work” policy. That was the fate intended for political
opponents and “anti-social outsiders” particularly. More than 1,200 Sinti and Roma were
deported to Flossenbürg as alleged “anti-social elements” and forced to carry out extremely
hard physical labour, e.g. in the local quarry or nearby arms factories.
Photograph taken in April
1946 of the Flossenbürg
concentration camp following
its liberation by US forces.
Foundation of Bavarian
Memorial Sites, Flossenbürg
Concentration Camp Memorial
Site, Germany.