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Jawischowitz

Name of the camp - Arbeitslager Jawischowitz
Other names for the camp - Kommando Jawischowitz, Häftlingslager Jawischowitz, Aussenlager Jawischowitz, Grubenlager Jawischowitz, Jawischowitzlager
Commandant of the camp - SS-Unterscharführer Wilhelm Kowol, SS-Hauptscharführer Josef Remmele, SS-Unterscharführer Horst Buss
Location – Brzeszcze-Jawiszowice
Period of camp existence – 15 August 1942 – 18/19 January 1945
Work type - coal mining and surface construction work at the Brzeszcze-Jawischowitz mine
Number of prisoners – around 2500
Employers - Hermann Göring Werke, Deutsche Bergwerks- und Hütttenbau GmbH
Evacuation / Liquidation of the camp –
18/19 January 1945 

JAWISCHOWITZ.jpg Bathroom barrack being renovated in 2008. Now there is a small exhibition.

jawispower.jpgPower plant built by prisoners, never completed (taken 10/11/06 image 4988).

jawis4994.jpgMemorial on the area of the former sub camp. (taken 8/6/06 image 4994)

jawis5032_2.jpgJawischowitz coal mine. (taken 6/6/06 image 5032)

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