Zgoda labour camp

Camp Zgoda, main gate - monument

Zgoda (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzɡɔda]) was a concentration camp,[1][2][3] set up in February 1945 in Zgoda district of Świętochłowice, Silesia. It was controlled by the communist secret police until its closure in November of the same year.[4]

Between 1943 and January 1945 during World War II, the camp in Świętochłowice operated by Nazi Germany as Arbeitslager. It was a labour subcamp (Arbeitslager Eintrachtshütte) or the Eintrachthütte concentration camp of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. After the NKVD transfer of the facility to MBP, Colonel Salomon Morel became the commander of the renamed Zgoda camp on 15 March 1945.[4][5]

  1. ^ Zygmunt Miloszewski (2012). A Grain of Truth. Bitter Lemon. pp. 247–. ISBN 978-1-908524-02-7.
  2. ^ Michna, Ewa (2020), Michna, Ewa; Warmińska, Katarzyna (eds.), "The Silesian Struggle for Recognition. Emancipation Strategies of Silesian Ethnic Leaders", Identity Strategies of Stateless Ethnic Minority Groups in Contemporary Poland, Migration, Minorities and Modernity, vol. 5, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 145–173, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41575-4_7, ISBN 978-3-030-41575-4, S2CID 219011342, retrieved 2020-12-23
  3. ^ Gruschka, Gerhard (1998). Zgoda - miejsce grozy: obóz koncentracyjny w Świętochłowicach (in Polish). Wydawnictwo "Wokół nas" Rafał Budnik & Marek Kusto. ISBN 978-83-85338-74-1.
  4. ^ a b The Polish Institute of National Remembrance Bulletin: "Salomon Morel and the camp at Świętochłowice-Zgoda", including Index of articles, copies of IPN documents and notes. Publication date: 21 July 2005. (in English)
  5. ^ Dr. Adam Dziurok, Obóz Pracy Świętochłowice-Zgoda. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, 2010