KAUFERING VII
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The KZ camp Kaufering VII was furnished between July and September 1944. The prisoners of this camp came from the KZ Auschwitz, the Litauen and Warsaw Gettos, and jews from all European states. The men had to live in earthen huts, which consisted of boards and tarpaper, covered with earth and gravel. The women were crammed into seperate earthen shelters.

The prisoners were used for the building of the railway line, and building three huge undeground bunkers, which were to be used to build German jet fighters. On October 25, 1944, 471 prisoners were sent from Kaufering VII in a last transport to the Auschwitz gas chambers.

Starting in January 1945, Kaufering VII became a typhoid fever camp. There was no medical care for the prisoners and the death rate rose sharply. On April 24, 1945 the SS abandoned the camp, as Allied forcs approached. The KZ prisoners who could walk were sent on the death march to Dachau.

Here is a picture of Kaufering VII, taken from the air, in 1945. The squared in area is the area saved in 1983, which makes up the Kaufering VII memorial.

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In 1983 six people discovered the remains of Kaufering VII. It was overgrown and forgotten. Weeds six feet high made the five remaining hovels almost impossible to see. The site was turned into a memorial that still exists today. The group also has gathered many documents and personal histories from survivors of all eleven Kaufering camps. They are doing an amazing job of keeping the memory alive. Click here to go to the website from Citizen combination Landsberg in 20. Century.

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