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The SS had been using the forest as a shooting range since 1936, before construction of the bread factory began in 1939. To do this, concentration camp prisoners had to clear the forest with the simplest of tools.
The bread factory, which was responsible for supplying the nearby concentration camp and other SS troops, was built on this site. A total of 100,000 loaves of bread should be produced here every day. Due to the war, however, this could only start operations in 1941.
From 1943, the workers were housed directly on the factory premises and no longer had to be picked up from the concentration camp every day. They were also dressed "neatly" and had to shower every day.
After the war, the company first fell into the hands of the Russians before it continued as a VEB in 1946. The bread factory was in operation until shortly after reunification and was closed in 1991.
The bakery was equipped with the most modern utensils that were available on the market at the time. A total of around 80 prisoners were employed here, as well as a few civilian employees (mostly master bakers) who all had SS rank. The head of the bakery was an SS Untersturmfuhrer and master baker who was also the inspector of the SS bread factories.
The site lies fallow today, is very overgrown and the buildings have been under monument protection since 1996.
The bread factory, which was responsible for supplying the nearby concentration camp and other SS troops, was built on this site. A total of 100,000 loaves of bread should be produced here every day. Due to the war, however, this could only start operations in 1941.
From 1943, the workers were housed directly on the factory premises and no longer had to be picked up from the concentration camp every day. They were also dressed "neatly" and had to shower every day.
After the war, the company first fell into the hands of the Russians before it continued as a VEB in 1946. The bread factory was in operation until shortly after reunification and was closed in 1991.
The bakery was equipped with the most modern utensils that were available on the market at the time. A total of around 80 prisoners were employed here, as well as a few civilian employees (mostly master bakers) who all had SS rank. The head of the bakery was an SS Untersturmfuhrer and master baker who was also the inspector of the SS bread factories.
The site lies fallow today, is very overgrown and the buildings have been under monument protection since 1996.
