First lecture on the topic of early concentration camps and satellite camps

Location

The lecture is part of a series sponsored by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung entitled "Miteinander Reden" (Talking to each other), which focuses on local history in Augustusburg under the question "What actually happened here between 1933-1945?". From April to October, further events will follow on topics such as the Gauführerschule, furniture storage, the death march through Erdmannsdorf as well as workshops and readings. 
 

To kick off this series, Felix Forsbach will give a lecture on the topic of the early concentration camp in Augustusburg. From March 1933, the National Socialists set up so-called "protective custody camps" both in Augustusburg Castle and in the gymnasium in today's "Straße der Einheit" in order to imprison political opponents in particular. The prisoners were forced to work on the conversion of the castle into the Gauführerschule. During the operation of the Gauführerschule in Augustusburg Castle, it became one of the first satellite camps of Sachsenburg concentration camp. In the lecture, the current status of the research will be presented and the findings from dealing with the Nazi past in the present will be discussed.