Air Raid Shelter Camp Hannover-Stöcken

Auf der Horst, Hannover
Niedersachsen, Germany

This small air-raid shelter was for the commander and the guards of Camp Hannover-Stöcken. Camp Hannover-Stöcken (Akkumulatorenwerke) was a satellite camp of Neuengamme concentration camp. It existed from 19 July 1943 to 8 April 1945. 403 inmates died in the camp. When the camp was evacuated, many inmates were send on a death march to Bergen-Belsen and many of those were killed. Of the inmates who could not walk and were transported, also many were murdered.

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Text by: Fedor de Vries

Photo(s): Tim Schredder