| Neuengamme |
| Established: June 4, 1940* Evacuated: April 29, 1945 Total Inmates: 100,000 Inmates at one time: 36,000 Total Deaths: 40,000 - 56,000 Subcamps: 55 * Neuengamme was originally a subcamp of Sachsenhausen and opened in September 1938. Neuengamme was reclassified as a concentration camp on June 4, 1940 |
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| Neuengamme was a clearly visible camp from the center of the town of Neuengamme, Germany. 10,000 inmates were held in Neuengamme camp at a time. Trains dropped prisoners off in the middle of the town where they walked/marched for an hour to the camp. Prisoners also worked on the canal that ran through the town. Prisoners were mainly French, Belgian, Dutch, and Norwegian. Little is known about the actual camp operations. 77,000 men and 13,000 women passed through the Neuengamme concentration camp. Half of the prisoners were criminals, 10% were Germans, and the others were primarily political prisoners from occupied countries. Of the 13,000 Frenchmen imprisoned in the camp, only 600 lived to return to France. Medical experiments were also performed in Neuengamme. (See Medical Experiments) |