T
he Neuengamme concentration camp was established as a subcamp of Sachsenhausen at an abandoned brickworks in Hamburg, Germany. Camp prisoners were used as forced laborers in several industries including a renovation of the brickworks. Until 1944, few Jews were imprisoned in Neuengamme. Before then, most prisoners were political criminals from the German-occupied countries. Inmates at Neuengamme were subject to horrible conditions, forced labor, and medical experiments. Nearly half of all the prisoners who entered the Neuengamme camp system died. By the time British forces liberated the camp, nearly all the prisoners had been evacuated or killed during death marches.
Timeline
Prisoners: Total Deaths
More than 50,000, close to half of the total imprisoned
Prisoners: June 1940
1,100 inmates
Prisoners: January 15, 1945
50,000 inmates, almost 10,000 women
Prisoners: July 1941
More than 5,000 inmates
Other: Subcamps
60
Country
Germany
Location: City
Hamburg
Other: Typhus outbreak, camp quarantined
Dec 31, 1941
Other: Camp is established as subcamp of Sachsenhausen
Dec 13, 1938
Other: 70 resistance members brought to camp & execution
Apr 20, 1945
Other: Medical experiments begin on prisoners
Dec 20, 1944
Other: Satellite camp Druette is established
Oct 18, 1942
Other: Neuengamme becomes a full concentration camp
Jun 4, 1940
Other: Construction of Crematorium finished
Apr 1, 1942
Other: SS hang 20 children to cover up medical experiment
Apr 20, 1945
Other: SS begins evacuating the camp
Apr 29, 1945
Other: British forces liberate the camp
May 4, 1945
Other: Allies unknowingly bomb ships w/prisoners aboard
May 3, 1945
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