Poland · Monowice
Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp
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Background
Monowitz (also known as Monowitz-Buna, Buna and Auschwitz III) was a Nazi concentration camp and labor camp (Arbeitslager) run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland from 1942 to 1945, during World War II and the Holocaust. For most of its existence, Monowitz was a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp; from November 1943 it and other Nazi subcamps in the area were jointly known as "Auschwitz III-subcamps" (KL Auschwitz III-Aussenlager). In November 1944 the Germans renamed it Monowitz concentration camp, after the village of Monowice (German: Monowitz) where it was built, in the annexed portion of Poland. SS Hauptsturmführer (Captain) Heinrich Schwarz was commandant from November 1943 to January 1945. The SS established the camp in October 1942 at the behest of IG Farben executives to provide slave labor for their Buna Werke (Buna Works) industrial complex.
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Facility profile
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Monowice
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Practical info
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Notable inmates
Settela Steinbach1934–1944 · crime victimAnna Maria (Settela) Steinbach (23 December 1934, Buchten â 31 July 1944) was a Dutch girl who was gassed in Nazi Germany's Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.
- Ted Marchand1914–2015 · administrator
- Michael Wilhelm Kram1905–1989 · saddler
Jean Améry1912–1978 · writerJean Améry (31 October 1912 â 17 October 1978), born Hans Chaim Maier, was an Austrian-born essayist who wrote about his experiences surviving the Holocaust.
- Rolf Arno Baruch1920
Josy Schlang1924–2013 · hairdresser- Willy Berler1918
- Settela Steinbach1934–1944 · crime victim
Anna Maria (Settela) Steinbach (23 December 1934, Buchten â 31 July 1944) was a Dutch girl who was gassed in Nazi Germany's Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q700356)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/auschwitz-iii-monowitz-concentration-camp
"Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/auschwitz-iii-monowitz-concentration-camp.
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