Berga concentration camp - Wikipedia
WebCNN. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24. Berga an der Elster was a slave labor camp where 350 U.S. soldiers were beaten, starved, and forced to work in tunnels for the German government. The soldiers were singled out for "looking like Jews" or "sounding like Jews," or dubbed as undesirables, according to survivors.
Berga-Elster ("Schwalbe V") | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WebBerga-Elster ("Schwalbe V") Millions of people suffered and died in camps, ghettos, and other sites during the Holocaust. The Nazis and their allies oversaw more than 44,000 camps, ghettos, and other sites of detention, persecution, forced labor, and murder. Among them was the Berga-Elster subcamp of Buchenwald.
American POWs at Berga Concentration Camp - Jewish Virtual Library
WebThe fatality rate in Berga, including the march, was the highest of any camp where American POWs were held—nearly 20 percent—and the 70-73 men who were killed represented approximately six percent of all Americans who perished as POWs during World War II. This was not the only case where American Jewish soldiers were …
Concentration Camps: Berga am Elster Overview - Jewish Virtual Library
WebBetween November 28, 1944 and April 7, 1945, 313 prisoners died in the camp. 4 Berga survivors reported deaths from shootings, disease, starvation, physical abuse, and work accidents. 5 The overall number of prisoners did not diminish, however, because of replacement transports from Buchenwald. A roll call taken on March 11, 1945, …
Berga concentration camp - Wikiwand
WebAn American soldier questions a civilian from a nearby town in the Berga-Elster concentration camp. The labor camp formed part of Germany's secret plan to use hydrogenation to transform brown coal into usable fuel for …
WWII slave soldiers reunite after 64 years, prepare for honors
WebJun 3, 2009 · Fahrer and Lipson were among 350 soldiers held at the slave labor camp called Berga an der Elster, a largely forgotten legacy of the war and a subcamp of Buchenwald where soldiers were beaten,...
Berga POW Camp - Kilroy Was Here
WebBerga Camp and its Origins. Anthony wasn't the only US serviceman to be taken prisoner; as many as three hundred and fifty soldiers were held within the walls of these places. Many where taken and kept at the place in which Acevedo was sent to, a camp in Berga, Germany, or to give it its full Deustche title "Berga an der Elster".
Slave soldiers honored, called 'national treasures' - CNN.com
WebJun 8, 2009 · Berga was a subcamp of the notorious concentration camp Buchenwald. "These men were abused and put under some of the most horrific conditions," the general told a private gathering of Berga...
'Berga' Tells of Nazi Slave Camp, U.S. Captives : NPR
WebMay 27, 2003 · Robert Siegel. Listen. Playlist. During World War II, American soldiers suspected of being Jewish were captured by the Nazis and sent off to a German slave labor camp. Berga: Soldiers of...
Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database
WebAbstract: Includes a list of 350 American soldiers (most captured during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge) held in the Berga am Elster concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald, which also had the code name "Schwalbe V." Many of those listed perished from malnutrition, disease and maltreatment.
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