Photo 45680
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caption: Prisoners
of the Flossenburg Concentration Camp in Germany were hung from this
flagpole in the camp's courtyard. 800 Germans supervised this camp
which was opened in 1939. Since that time according to records found
in the camp, 54,890 men and over 10,000 women were held prisoners
here. In the 14 month period preceding 20 April, 1945, 14,000
inmates died from starvation, exhaustion, mistreatment and various
diseases. The prisoners worked in stone quarries and a nearby
Messerschmidt Airplane Factory. On 20 April, 1945, 15,000 inmates,
including children and elderly people, were marched away. Those that
could not keep up the march were killed by the wayside. About 2,000
were left in the camp when U.S. troops arrived. Among those reported
to have been in the camp were Kurt Von Schuschnig, former Chancellor
of Austria; Leopold, King of Belgium, Prince Albrecht of Austria and
Hjalmar Schacht, Reich Minister of Finances.
