Lichtewerden subcamp
TitleLichtewerden subcamp
Author
Call number940.547243094386/0055
Object number09709e
Place of publicationOswiecim, Poland
PublisherAuschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Year of publication
2012
Physical descriptionpp151-158
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the book ,Auschwitz Studies 26, pp151-158
Description
A KL Auschwitz subcamp was set up in the small village of Svetla, North Moravia. It was founded in November 1944 next to a thread making factory, and used Jewish women as forced labourers. Work in the factory began at 6.00 and lasted 10 hours. On 6 May 1945 the entire SS crew left the subcamp and two days later the Russians entered the subcamp and liberated the 300 female inmates