What are the coordinates of Lager Sylt?
Q: What are the coordinates of Lager Sylt?
A: 49°42′14″N 2°13′4″W / 49.70389°N 2.21778°W / 49.70389; -2.21778
Q: How many people are estimated to have died in the camps on Alderney?
A: Approximately 700 people are estimated to have died in the camps on Alderney, although it is now believed to have been higher.
Q: Who ran the concentration camp?
A: The concentration camp was organised by the Schutzstaffel - SS-Baubrigade I–which was first under supervision of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and since mid-February 1943 ran under the Neuengamme camp in northern Germany.
Q: What type of labour were prisoners forced to do?
A: Prisoners were forced to build bunkers, gun emplacements, air-raid shelters, and concrete fortifications for Nazi Organisation Todt, a forced labour programme.
Q: Where did most of the prisoners come from?
A: Most of the prisoners came from Russia and Europe, usually Eastern Europe but including Spanish Republicans. Some of the few remaining unevacuated Alderney natives (round about 2% of population) also found themselves in there.
Q: Who was left in charge of Lager Norderney and Lager Sylt?
A: Max List was left in charge of Lager Norderney and Lager Sylt which held Russian and Polish POWs as well as Jews respectively.
Q: When did German forces surrender on Alderney?
A: German forces surrendered on Alderney a week after other Channel Islands on 16 May 1945
