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Gross-Rosen was a German concentration camp located south of the town of Gross-Rosen (Rogozhnica) in Lower Silesia (today Poland). Gross-Rosen was established in the summer of 1940 as a satellite labor camp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. On May 1, 1941 Gross-Rosen became an independent camp; it functioned as such until its evacuation in February 1945. Altogether, 125,000 prisoners passed through Gross-Rosen; 40,000 perished.
At the beginning, prisoners were forced to work at constructing the camp and in the nearby granite quarry, which was owned by the SS German Earth and Stone Works (SS-Deutsche Erd- und Steinwerke GmbH). However, as the Germans' need for armaments grew, Gross-Rosen also grew: arms factories were built, 70 sub-camps (satellite camps) were ultimately added, and the number of prisoners swelled. Jews made up the largest group of inmates.
Concentration
A900 + CZ Vario-Sonnar 24-70/2.8
Gross-Rosen was a German concentration camp located south of the town of Gross-Rosen (Rogozhnica) in Lower Silesia (today Poland). Gross-Rosen was established in the summer of 1940 as a satellite labor camp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. On May 1, 1941 Gross-Rosen became an independent camp; it functioned as such until its evacuation in February 1945. Altogether, 125,000 prisoners passed through Gross-Rosen; 40,000 perished.
At the beginning, prisoners were forced to work at constructing the camp and in the nearby granite quarry, which was owned by the SS German Earth and Stone Works (SS-Deutsche Erd- und Steinwerke GmbH). However, as the Germans' need for armaments grew, Gross-Rosen also grew: arms factories were built, 70 sub-camps (satellite camps) were ultimately added, and the number of prisoners swelled. Jews made up the largest group of inmates.