Helmbrechts concentration camp
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Background
As a Nazi concentration camp for forced labor, Helmbrechts concentration camp was a women's subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp founded near Helmbrechts near Hof, Germany in the summer of 1944. The first prisoners who came to the camp were political prisoners from the Ravensbrück camp in northern Germany. Later Jewish prisoners were brought.
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Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
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Death-row facility
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Halina Kleiner1929
- Elizabeth Klein1919
- Fela Szeps1918–1945
- Sabina Szeps1921
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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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 (Q3566563)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Helmbrechts concentration camp. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/helmbrechts-concentration-camp
"Helmbrechts concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/helmbrechts-concentration-camp.
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