Ellrich concentration camp

This camp for aircraft production was established May 2, 1944 at the town of Ellrich in the Juliushütte, an abandoned gypsum factory which had processed anhydrite rock mined from area tunnels. The conditions in this camp were especially disastrous and the treatment of the prisoners brutal.

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Location: Ellrich, Germany
Alternate Name(s):
Ellrich-Juliushütte, Erich, Ellrick