MEMORY IN PRACTICE

From 1941 onwards, up to 20 Polish and Soviet forced labourers who were employed at the Haug und Lohn brickworks in Lochhausen were housed in the camp.

There were usually 100 to 600 prisoners in the camp, who were mainly used for work on the airfield. They were housed in the riding stables of the SS main riding school. Due to evacuations, the number of prisoners rose to 1543 in March/April 1945. There were acts of violence and killings in the camp.

Since 1943, 35 forced labourers from the Soviet Union, 40 from the Netherlands and 25 from Czechoslovakia had been housed in the camp inside the Reichsbahn switchyard.

The camp had a capacity of 510 people and in 1943/44 about half of them were women and half men from the Soviet Union, most of whom had to work for the company Telefon- und Apparatebau Kammerer, but also for Carl Hurth and C. A. Steinheil. A. Steinheil.

The collective camp, built on a plot of land owned by Krauss-Maffei AG, was administered by the Metzeler company, where most of the forced labourers living in the camp were employed. The camp, which was designed to hold 1,400 people, reached a maximum occupancy of 600 beds. After partial destruction by an air raid on 6 July 1943, 564 men were again accommodated there in August 1943, and in February 1944 510 men and 53 women, mainly from France, but also from Italy and Croatia.

The camp housed up to 760 people of various nationalities, who mainly worked for the Reichsbahn. The camp was hit by bombs several times. From August to the end of 1945, the camp was used as a DP camp.

Up to 950 people were housed in the camp, who mainly worked for the Bayerische Leichtmetallwerke. In September 1944, they used 832 forced labourers, mainly “Eastern workers” and Poles, but also Italians and French prisoners of war (work detail 2868).

Sammellager VIII was a municipal barrack camp with 18 barracks that was used as a camp for “Eastern workers”.

The camp (also known as Camp at the Knee) was built in 1941/42 by the city building department with funds from the special budget for the redevelopment of the “capital of the movement”. Initially French, and later also British and Soviet prisoners of war were housed in the camp (among others the Kgf.-work detail 2049), who were available to the city for the purpose of clearing up after bombing raids. The camp was partially destroyed by bombing and was used as a refugee camp after the end of the war.

The collection camp existed since 1942 and was operated by Metallwerke Neumeyer, a manufacturer of ammunition shells and bullets. The camp had a capacity of up to 800 people. About half of the camp was occupied by male and half by female forced labourers. They came mainly from the Soviet Union, but also from Italy, Croatia and Czechoslovakia. The camp was substantially destroyed by bombing on 21/22 December 1942 and 10 March 1943, but was rebuilt afterwards.

The camp comprised two barracks at the northwest corner of a sports field. The prisoners of war housed there were used for work at the Neuaubing RAW.

People arriving in Munich on Reichsbahn transports of foreigners were taken to this camp with their luggage after their arrival at the main railway station and housed until they were passed on to the “demand carriers”. The LAA Munich (Schackystraße 2) was in charge of the foreigners’ processing camp.

The camp was built in 1941 as a central residential camp for Munich Jews and was used in autumn 1941 as a collection camp for the first large deportation. From the end of 1942, it was used by BMW as accommodation for forced labourers. After 1945 it was converted into a refugee camp (residential camp for 202 people), demolished at the beginning of the 1960s and built over by BMW.

The hotel employed several female forced labourers as domestic and kitchen help. These were also accommodated in the hotel.

From 1940 onwards, up to 25 French prisoners of war were housed in the rear building of the house, working for the blinds factory Sengmüller & Sohn. In 1943, they were transferred to the status of civilian workers.