Germany......16 Years Later....A Visit to Flossenburg Concentration Camp Memorial Site

Traveling is learning; therefore, we visited Flossenburg Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Located in an area of quarries near the Czech border, the prisoners were so-called 'criminals' and 'antisocial elements' mostly from other countries.

From the brochure:  "In total 100,000 prisoners from 30 countries were registered in Flossenburg Concentration Camp and its satellite camps between 1938 and 1945. At least 30,000 did not survive imprisonment."

An excellent museum is part of the overall exhibit. A fascinating map traces the opening and movement of all the concentration camps and their satellites from their beginnings in the 1930's until their closures-either from nearing allied forces or liberation by those forces.

Headquarters

A memorial

Execution area

Burial grounds

Crematorium

One of the Watch-Towers

Pyramid of Ashes

Marker at Pyramid of Ashes

Russian Memorial-Markers from different countries surrounded this area.

Ceiling of the Jewish Memorial

Looking across the Valley of Death...a chapel, 'Jesus in the Dungeon,'
is attached to the Watch-Tower.