19411941–1944 · Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin
Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
In May 1941 the SS opened a camp at Struthof in the Vosges, in Alsace annexed by Germany. About 52,000 people from across Europe, many of them resistance fighters held under the 'Night and Fog' decree, passed through it and its subcamps, and some 22,000 died. In 1943, 86 Jews were gassed here for an anatomist's skeleton collection. Nearby Schirmeck held Alsatians such as Pierre Seel, interned for being gay.
Sites
- Site 1: Former Natzweiler camp and European Centre of Deported Resistance MembersTerraced camp, barracks, crematorium, cemetery and a centre on resistance across Europe.Map ↗
- Site 2: Struthof gas chamberThe former inn outbuilding converted into a gas chamber in 1943.Map ↗
- Site 3: Mémorial de l'Alsace-Moselle, SchirmeckMuseum of annexation and forced conscription, above the former Schirmeck camp.Map ↗
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