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Fürstengrube

Name of the camp - Arbeitslager Fürstengrube
Other name for the camp - Lager Süd
Commandant of the camp - SS-Hauptscharführer Otto Moll, SS-Oberscharführer Max Schmidt
Location – Wesola near Myslowice
Period of camp existence – September 1943 – 19 January 1945
Work type - coal mining and the excavation of a new mine at the Fürsten mine
Number of prisoners – 1283 (17 January 1945)
Employer - Fürstengrube GmbH
Evacuation / Liquidation of the camp – 19 January 1945

FURSTENGRUBE_wall.jpg Original wall of the camp. 

FURSTENGRUBE_watchtower.jpg Remains of a watchtower. 

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