Concentration Camp Schwalbe III Jonastal

From 6 November to the beginning of April 1945, the Schwalbe III camp in the Jonastaln (Jonas Valley). It was a satellite camp of Buchenwald concentration camp . From 14 November to 15 January 1945, it became an independent concentration camp.

Tens of thousand of inmates worked on the construction of 25 tunnels, with a total length of 2300 metres, in the hills.

Many of the workers died including more than 100 Russian POWs were murdered in the camp in April 1945

Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!

Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons