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Lagischa


Name of the camp – Lagischa
Other name for the camp - Haaga
Commandant of the camp - SS-Rottenführer Karl Masseli, SS-Unterscharführer Horst Czerwiński
Location – Łagisza; today: Będzin-Łagisza
Period of camp existence – September 1943 – 6 September 1944
Work type - construction of the Walter thermal electric power plant
Number of prisoners – around 1000
Employer - Energie-Versorgung Oberschlesien AG (EVO)
Evacuation / Liquidation of the camp – 6 September 1944 

LAGISCHA.jpg Photo taken from the sub camp towards the Walter power station originally built with the aid of prisoners from the sub camp. The sub camp buildings are now used as social housing. 

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