Blechhammer

Name of the camp – Arbeitslager Blechhammer 
Commandant of the camp - SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Brossmann, SS-Unterscharführer Kurt Klipp
Location – Slawecice close to Blachownia Slaska 
Period of camp existence – 01.04.1945 – 21.01.1945 
Work type – construction of chemical plant 
Number of prisoners – 3958 male prisoners and 157 female prisoners 
Employer - Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG 
Evacuation / Liquidation of the camp – on 21 January 1945 camp was liquidated and all prisoners were marched on foot to KL Gross-Rosen and later to KL Buchenwald

Main Gate to the Blechhammer-Judenlager. 

Inside the Blechhammer subcamp; line of posts. 

Crematorium. 

Kori GmbH oven inside the crematorium building.

 Memorial in front of crematorium building (taken 7/6/06 image 5483)