The German Organisation Todt (OT) built four labour camps in Alderney to house workers for the planned fortifications. Lager Norderney located at Saye, Lager Borkum off Longis Hill, Lager Sylt near the old telegraph tower at La Foulère and Lager Helgoland, situated behind Platte Saline. the control of Lager Norderney changed from March 1943 to June 1944 when it was run by the Schutzstaffel - SS-Baubrigade and Lager Norderney became a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp (located in Hamburg, Germany).
Each Alderney camp was named after one of the Frisian Islands: Lager Norderney located at Saye, Lager Helgoland at Platte Saline, Lager Sylt near the old telegraph tower at La Foulère and Lager Borkum, situated near the Impot. Two of these camps were the only Nazi concentration camps on British soil, the other two were labour camps.
The labour housed in the camps were used by the OT in a forced labour programme, to supply labour to build fortifications including bunkers, gun emplacements, air-raid shelters and other concrete defensive structures.
Norderney camp housed European (mostly Russian and other Eastern but including Spaniard) enforced labourers. The prisoners in Lager Norderney and Lager Sylt were slave labourers. The Borkum and Helgoland camps were "volunteer" (Hilfswillige) labour camps[1] and the labourers in those camps were treated harshly but better than the inmates at the Sylt and Norderney camps. Lager Borkum was used for German technicians and volunteers from different countries of Europe. Lager Helgoland was filled with RussianOrganisation Todt workers.[2][3]
Some of the structures of Lager Norderney still remain, and the site is now a camping site for tourists. Close by is a tunnel from the camp to the beach, which is it is claimed was used by the Nazis as a shelter, or possibly as a killing site.[5]
Over 700 OT workers lost their lives in the island and in shipping traveling to or from Alderney, before the workers were transferred to France to help build the Atlantic Wall. The destruction of Norderney Camp by the Nazis began in March 1942 and the camps were closed after the Normandy invasion in June 1944.
^Christian Streit: Keine Kameraden: Die Wehrmacht und die Sowjetischen Kriegsgefangenen, 1941-1945, Bonn: Dietz (3. Aufl., 1. Aufl. 1978), ISBN3-8012-5016-4 - "Between 22 June 1941 and the end of the war, roughly 5.7 million members of the Red Army fell into German hands. In January 1945, 930,000 were still in German camps. A million at most had been released, most of whom were so-called "volunteers" (Hilfswillige) for (often compulsory) auxiliary service in the Wehrmacht. Another 500,000, as estimated by the Army High Command, had either fled or been liberated. The remaining 3,300,000 (57.5 percent of the total) had perished."
^Christine O'Keefe, Appendix F: Concentration Camps: Endlösung – The Final Solution, retrieved 2009-06-06
^Matisson Consultants, (in French), archived from the original on 2014-02-20, retrieved 2009-06-06
^Staff (1967-02-23), (in German), Bundesministerium der Justiz, archived from the original on 2009-04-23, retrieved 2008-09-26, 6a Alderney, Einsatzort der I. SS-Baubrigade Sachsenhausen, ab Mitte Februar 1943 Neuengamme
^Solomon Steckoll - "The Alderney Death Camp" - 1982.
December 01, 2023
lager, norderney, 72806, 17806, 72806, 17806, nazi, concentration, camp, alderney, channel, islands, named, after, east, frisian, island, norderney, german, organisation, todt, built, four, labour, camps, alderney, house, workers, planned, fortifications, loca. 49 43 41 N 2 10 41 W 49 72806 N 2 17806 W 49 72806 2 17806Lager Norderney was a Nazi concentration camp on Alderney in the Channel Islands named after the East Frisian island of Norderney The German Organisation Todt OT built four labour camps in Alderney to house workers for the planned fortifications Lager Norderney located at Saye Lager Borkum off Longis Hill Lager Sylt near the old telegraph tower at La Foulere and Lager Helgoland situated behind Platte Saline the control of Lager Norderney changed from March 1943 to June 1944 when it was run by the Schutzstaffel SS Baubrigade and Lager Norderney became a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp located in Hamburg Germany Contents 1 Alderney camps 2 Norderney Camp 3 See also 4 ReferencesAlderney camps editEach Alderney camp was named after one of the Frisian Islands Lager Norderney located at Saye Lager Helgoland at Platte Saline Lager Sylt near the old telegraph tower at La Foulere and Lager Borkum situated near the Impot Two of these camps were the only Nazi concentration camps on British soil the other two were labour camps The labour housed in the camps were used by the OT in a forced labour programme to supply labour to build fortifications including bunkers gun emplacements air raid shelters and other concrete defensive structures Norderney camp housed European mostly Russian and other Eastern but including Spaniard enforced labourers The prisoners in Lager Norderney and Lager Sylt were slave labourers The Borkum and Helgoland camps were volunteer Hilfswillige labour camps 1 and the labourers in those camps were treated harshly but better than the inmates at the Sylt and Norderney camps Lager Borkum was used for German technicians and volunteers from different countries of Europe Lager Helgoland was filled with Russian Organisation Todt workers 2 3 Norderney Camp editThe camp was built up by the OT after January 1942 and run by them until in March 1943 when it was handed over to the Schutzstaffel SS Baubrigade I which was first under supervision of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and ran under the Neuengamme camp in northern Germany 4 Some of the structures of Lager Norderney still remain and the site is now a camping site for tourists Close by is a tunnel from the camp to the beach which is it is claimed was used by the Nazis as a shelter or possibly as a killing site 5 Over 700 OT workers lost their lives in the island and in shipping traveling to or from Alderney before the workers were transferred to France to help build the Atlantic Wall The destruction of Norderney Camp by the Nazis began in March 1942 and the camps were closed after the Normandy invasion in June 1944 See also edit nbsp World War II portalNazi concentration camp list Neuengamme concentration camp subcamp list The HolocaustReferences edit Christian Streit Keine Kameraden Die Wehrmacht und die Sowjetischen Kriegsgefangenen 1941 1945 Bonn Dietz 3 Aufl 1 Aufl 1978 ISBN 3 8012 5016 4 Between 22 June 1941 and the end of the war roughly 5 7 million members of the Red Army fell into German hands In January 1945 930 000 were still in German camps A million at most had been released most of whom were so called volunteers Hilfswillige for often compulsory auxiliary service in the Wehrmacht Another 500 000 as estimated by the Army High Command had either fled or been liberated The remaining 3 300 000 57 5 percent of the total had perished Christine O Keefe Appendix F Concentration Camps Endlosung The Final Solution retrieved 2009 06 06 Matisson Consultants Aurigny un camp de concentration nazi sur une ile anglo normande English Alderney a Nazi concentration camp on an island Anglo Norman in French archived from the original on 2014 02 20 retrieved 2009 06 06 Staff 1967 02 23 Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Aussenkommandos gemass 42 Abs 2 BEG in German Bundesministerium der Justiz archived from the original on 2009 04 23 retrieved 2008 09 26 6a Alderney Einsatzort der I SS Baubrigade Sachsenhausen ab Mitte Februar 1943 Neuengamme Solomon Steckoll The Alderney Death Camp 1982 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lager Norderney amp oldid 1099766745, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
