Gross-Rosen

Gross- Rosen opened on August 2nd 1940. It was originally used as a satellite camp.On May 1st 1941 it became an independent concentration camp.

The location of the camp was in a town called Świdnicki, Poland. The town is now called Rogoznica.

Prisoners and deaths

• 120,000 prisoners passed through the camp.
• 57,000 were Jews, 2,600 were women.
• Women and Children got put in gas chambers.
• Old and weak men were put in acidic pits.
• About 40,000 prisoners died in Gross-Rosen         

Most prisoners worked in the quarry and construction of the camp. They would carry granite rocks and build barracks for the rest of the prisoners.

Method of death and disposal

• Mostly the prisoners were worked to death.
• Or they would commit suicide.
• If they were sick they would go to killing centers.
• Once they died they got burned in mass pits.
• Sometimes brought off camp to be incinerated.

The main leaders of the camp were Arthur Roedll, Wilhem Giedon, and Johannes Hassebroock.

Gross-Rosen consintration camp became a museum in 1983. Tours are a minimum of 2 hours.