Mittelwerk

Mittelwerk
Nordhausen, Thuringia
Interior of the tunnels
Mittelwerk is located in Germany
Mittelwerk
Mittelwerk
Coordinates51°32′05″N 10°45′04″E / 51.5348°N 10.751°E / 51.5348; 10.751
TypeSubterranean bunker
Site information
Open to
the public
Museum in the southern part of Tunnel A[1]
Site history
BuiltCompleted 1943
Built byMittelwerk GmbH
In use1943–1945

Mittelwerk ([ˈmɪtl̩.vɛʁk]; German for "Central Works") was a German World War II factory built underground in the Kohnstein to avoid Allied bombing. It used slave labor from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp to produce V-2 ballistic missiles, V-1 flying bombs, and other weapons.

  1. ^ Grigoreff, Paul. "The Mittelwerk/Mittelbau/Camp Dora Mittelbau GmbH – Mittelbau KZ". V2rocket.com.