Memorial Flossenbürg

The monument from 1988 is in memory of the victims of concentration camp Flossenbürg. A staircase of 10 steep steps carved in granite from the quarry surrounding the camp. At the foot 4 blocks of stone that brutally symbolize the main causes of the death of 75,000 deportees. The text below is carved at the bottom.

" A l'intérieur de cette stèle édifiée en
granit provenant de la carrière du
camp est déposée une urne contenant
des cendres recueillies dans l'enceinte
du four crématoire de Flossenburg
libéré par la 3ème armée américaine
le 23 avril 1945 "

Translated here, it reads: "This memorial stone, built in granite from the camp's quarry, contains an urn of ashes collected in the enclosure of the Flosenburg crematorium, liberated by the 3rd US Army on April 23, 1945."

By 1945 there were 40,000 prisoners in the Flossenbürg complex, of which 11,000 were women. They were used in the quarries and in the arms industry. Those who were put to work in the quarry had an average of three months to live. 1 in 3 prisoners did not survive her/his employment in the quarries and forestry. Just before the liberation of the concentration camp, the prisoners were forced to march on foot to other concentration camps that had not yet been liberated. The ultimate goal of those death marches was the complete liquidation of the survivors. That way all traces would be erased. The camp was liberated in April 1945 by the Allies.

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