Berga concentration camp

Background

Berga an der Elster was a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The Berga forced labour camp was located on the outskirts of the village of Schlieben. Workers were supplied by Buchenwald concentration camp and from a prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag IX-B; the latter contravened the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention and the Hague Treaties. Many prisoners died as a result of malnutrition, sickness (including pulmonary disease due to dust inhalation from tunnelling with explosives), and beatings, including 73 American POWs. The labor camp formed part of Germany's secret plan to use hydrogenation to transform brown coal into usable fuel for tanks, planes, and other military machinery.

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World Prisons. (2026). Berga concentration camp. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/berga-concentration-camp

"Berga concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/berga-concentration-camp.

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Berga concentration camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/berga-concentration-camp},
  urldate = {2026-07-21}
}