Having live and ridden quite extensively in the Voges / Alsace, I'm surprised I didn't know about this place.
Next time.
Natzweiler concentration camp
Next time.
Natzweiler concentration camp
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It’s quite a disturbing place, they tested Zyclon B there in a small gas chamber down the road from the camp, did experiments on people too
To be honest I found it more horrific than Auswichtz or Dachau
They quarried stone in the camp which was used to build the giant grandstand in front of the Zeppelin field in Nuremberg amongst other things
There was a very good documentary on the place, I think on BBC or Sky. As leadfarmer said, truly horrendous, not least as the Nazi regime used it as a ‘laboratory’ to collect ‘specimens’ for their perverse investigation into eugenics. Need a fresh head for the university? Easy, we’ll send you one tomorrow.
Medical room doesn’t bear thinking what was carried out in there, also the killing room with the floor channeling to a drain. Think 107 were murdered (shot) in one night in there!! The rack for punishing prisoners (under the kosh). Harrowing place, gallows send a shiver down your spine.
when i went there , sunny august day , it still felt cold . no birds singing.
hidden away , they don't get many English visitors .
held N+N prisoners in the main , who weren't allowed to talk to each other.
en.wikipedia.org
hidden away , they don't get many English visitors .
held N+N prisoners in the main , who weren't allowed to talk to each other.
Nacht und Nebel - Wikipedia
Been before
It’s interesting, albeit very harrowing
Learned a bit more from this thread - thank you gentlemen. 
Just what JB says ..... we should never forget just what us 'humans' can do ....
Harrowing indeed
also stumbled across the place whilst staying in Natzwiller village on an overnight stay on the way to the Black Forest. Very sobering.
was there in 2013 
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