What were the four concentration camps on Alderney named after?
Q: What were the four concentration camps on Alderney named after?
A: The four concentration camps on Alderney were named after the Frisian Islands - Lager Norderney at Saye, Lager Borkum at Platte Saline, Lager Sylt near the old telegraph tower at La Foulère and Lager Helgoland, in the northwest corner of the island.
Q: How many people died in the Alderney concentration camps?
A: 700 people died in the Alderney concentration camps out of a total inmate population of about 6,000.
Q: Who organised Lager Helgoland?
A: Lager Helgoland was organised by the Schutzstaffel - SS-Baubrigade I–which was first under supervision of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin; and from mid-February 1943 under the Neuengamme camp in northern Germany.
Q: What type of labour did prisoners do in Lager Borkum?
A: In Lager Borkum, prisoners worked as German technicians and volunteers from different countries of Europe.
Q: What type of labour did prisoners do in Lager Sylt?
A: In Lager Sylt, prisoners were forced to build military fortifications and installations throughout Alderney. This camp held Jewish enforced labourers and was a death camp.
Q: What type of labour did prisoners do in Norderney camp?
A: In Norderney camp, prisoners were forced to build military fortifications and installations throughout Alderney. This camp housed European (usually Eastern but including Spaniard) and Russian enforced labourers.
Q: What type of labour did prisoners do in Helgoland Camp?
A: In Helgoland Camp, prisoners worked for Nazi Organisation Todt forced labour programme to build bunkers, gun emplacements, air-raid shelters, and concrete fortifications.
