List of subcamps of Kauen

From 1943, the SS operated 17[1] subcamps of the Kauen concentration camp.[2] With the advance of the Red Army, while some of the earlier nine concentration camp subcamps continued in use,[1] eight of the Kauen subcamps were closed in July 1944.[3]

In approximate order of date of starting, these were: 

# German name Lithuanian name From To Description
1 Schaulen Šiauliai March 1943 Airfield. Supported as an external command of the Schaulen concentration camp subcamp (ghetto)[1]
2 Akmenė Jewish forced labor camp, chalk factory.[1]
3 Vilna Lukiškės Gestapo prison [1] Used by the Gestapo and Lithuanian Saugumas as a holding cell for thousands of Jews from the Vilna Ghetto.
4 Vilna Kailis fur factory September 16, 1943 July 3, 1944 1000 to 1500 Jewish workers, most were shot in Aukštieji Paneriai.[1]
5 Vilna Army Vehicle Fleet 562 September 17, 1943 July 1944 From November this was an official concentration camp subcamp of the Kauen concentration camp. It was liquidated in July 1944 when around 500 concentration camp prisoners, and more, were brought to Aukštieji Paneriai to be murdered and shot - only around 250 survived. The camp was on Subocz Street, where a monument to the concentration camp subcamp has stood since 1993.[1]
6 Vilna Vilnius September 1943 July 1944 Hospital. About 80 Jews worked here until the shootings in Aukštieji Paneriai and Ninth Fort in July 1944.[1]
7 Daugeliai September 27, 1943 Mid-July 1944 Jewish forced labor camp, brick factory. Liquidated when prisoners were deported to the Stutthof concentration camp. Around 250 men from the Schaulen concentration camp subcamp worked here.[1]
8 Kauen-Petraschunai Kaunas-Petrašiūnai [1][4]
9 Linkaich Linkaičiai End of September 1943 Mid-July 1944 Survivors deported to the Stutthof concentration. About 80 Jewish men and women.[1]
10 Kauen-Alexoten Kaunas-Aleksotas November 30, 1943 July 12, 1944 Male prisoners were deployed at Schichau-Werke, Elbing to work in the anti-aircraft repair workshop.[2]
11 Kauen-Schanzen Kaunas-Šančiai December 16, 1943 July 12, 1944 Deployment of female prisoners at the Army Catering Office Magazine, the Army Clothing Office, the Army Motor Vehicle Park, the Army Construction Site, at the Kauen Motor Post Office and other locations.[2]
12 Kazlu Ruda Kazlų Rūda 1944 Summer 1944 Women working on peat; also a men's camp.[2]
13 Kedahnen Kėdainiai July 1944 Work at the airfield
14 Koschedaren Kaišiadorys December 1943 July 1944 Work on peat and forest operations[2]
15 Kauen-Palemonas Kaunas-Palemonas November to December 1943 July 7, 1944 Men's camp. Evacuated by ship to Germany.[2]
16 Prawienisken Pravieniškės November 1943 May 15, 1944 Men's and one women's camp, forest work. Before that, there was a forced labor camp for Jews.[2]
17 Schaulen Šiauliai September 18, 1943 July 1944 The Schaulen ghetto was transformed into a concentration camp subcamp. It was evacuated to the Stutthof concentration camp on July 15, 1944, from there to the Dachau concentration camp, Kaufering subcamp complex on July 21, 1944. A transport of women and children from Kauen and the Schaulen subcamp went from Stutthof to Auschwitz on July 26, 1944.[2]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Benz, Wolfgang; Distel, Barbara; Königseder, Angelika (2005). Der Ort des Terrors: Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager (Band 8: Riga-Kaiserwald, Warschau, Vaivara, Kauen (Kaunas), Płaszów, Kulmhof.) [The Place of Terror: History of the Nazi Concentration Camps (Volume 8: Riga-Kaiserwald, Warschau, Vaivara, Kauen (Kaunas), Płaszów, Kulmhof.)]. München: C. H. Beck. pp. 209–232. ISBN 978-3-406-57237-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945. Vol. 1, Pt. B: Early camps, youth camps, and concentration camps and subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA): Pt. B / vol. ed.: Geoffrey P. Megargee. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2009. p. 849. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945. Vol. 1, Pt. B: Early camps, youth camps, and concentration camps and subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA): Pt. B / vol. ed.: Geoffrey P. Megargee In: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ed.): Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2009. p. 849. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
  4. ^ "Memorial Archives > Adatbázis Helyek - Kauen-Petraschunai külső tábor, Kauen koncentrációs tábor". memorial-archives.international (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 October 2024.