Blechhammer concentration camp

Blechhammer was the second-largest subcamp of Auschwitz concentration camp, part of the Blechhammer industrial area where several camps were located. The camp was evacuated on 21 January 1945; five days later, German forces returned to kill some survivors who had been left behind.

Established on 1 April 1944 when an existing forced-labor camp for Jews, located near the town of Blechhammer, now Blachownia Śląska, which was part of Germany until 1945, was placed under the command of Monowitz concentration camp. Blechhammer, which had initially about 3,000 male and 200 female prisoners, was the largest subcamp of Auschwitz excluding Monowitz. The camp contained 25 barracks within 10 acres and was surrounded by a 4 metres concrete wall. During its existence, 4,500 prisoners from fifteen countries passed through the camp.

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