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Nom | KL-Natzweiler, Germanisation of Natzwiller |
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Classification | category III (one of the most severe) |
Location | 60 km from Strasbourg, Alsace, France |
Area of the camp | 4.5 hectares |
Altitude | 800 metres |
Facing | north-east, on a 20% slope |
Climate | in summer: high temperatures, no shade from the sunshine |
Deportees' arrival railway station | Rothau, 8 km |
Distance from the quarry | 1 km |
Distance from the gas chamber | 1.5 km |
Means of access | the road built by the detainees |
Number of nationalities represented | ± 30 |
Number of detainees in the central camp + camp annexes | ± 52,000 |
Number of dead | ± 22,000 |
Mortality rate | 40% |
Normal population of the central camp | ± 2,000 deportees |
Peak numbers in the central camp | ± 7,000 deportees |
Numbers per hut | 150 to 250 deportees |
Numbers per hut in peak periods | 650 to 750 deportees |
Shortest internment time | 1 day |
Longest internment time | 3 years and 6 months (42 months) |
Average internment time in the camp | between 1 and 6 months |
Youngest deportee in the camp | aged 11 |
Oldest deportee in the camp | aged 78 |
Average age | 20 |
Uniform | 1 shirt, 1 pair of trousers, 1 jacket, 1 pair of wooden flip-flops – often striped pyjamas or old civilian clothes from other camps |
Food | breakfast: 1 ladle of "coffee" |
Number of blocks | in 1944, 17 blocks |
Area of the blocks | 12.50 m wide, 44 m long |
Layout of the dormitory blocks | rectangular space divided into two wings, one holding the refectory with 12 tables; the other holding bunk beds on 3 levels, plus a separate bedroom for the kapo. In the centre, two wash-basins and toilets |
8 watchtowers | 10m high, 3m30 wide, 3m40 long (12 sq m) equipped with powerful swivel projector lamps |
Barbed wire fences | - double enclosure of electrified barbed wire, 3m high, around the camp, 380 Volts |
Staffing of the camp | - 5 commandants between 1941 and 1944 |
