Forgotten story: The prisoner of war camp in Lichtenrade

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Entdecken Sie die bewegende Geschichte des Kriegsgefangenenlagers zwischen Bornhagenweg und Pechsteinstraße, das von 1941 bis 1945 als Außenlager des KZ Sachsenhausen diente. Erfahren Sie mehr über die Zwangsarbeit der Häftlinge, die gefährlichen Aufgaben und die Befreiung durch die Rote Armee im Jahr 1945. Der Artikel beleuchtet die Nachnutzung des Geländes und die Auswirkungen auf die lokale Bevölkerung.
Discover the moving history of the prisoner of war between Bornhagenweg and Pechsteinstraße, which served as an outer camp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp from 1941 to 1945. Learn more about the forced labor of the prisoners, the dangerous tasks and the liberation from the Red Army in 1945. The article illuminates the reuse of the site and the effects on the local population. (Symbolbild/MB)

In the streets of Lichtenrade, where the memories of cruel times are lurking, an impressive addition to the history of this region has now been revealed: an informative table that is reminiscent of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp! Since 1941 this place has been a scene of terror - a prisoner of war camps between Bornhagenweg and Pechsteinstrasse. From 1943 to 1945, it became one of around 100 outside camps that had the purpose of exploiting prisoners through cruel forced labor.

The conditions were inhuman! The prisoners were forced to do the hardest physical work every day, such as the elimination of ruins from air raids and the construction of air -raid shelters. Here they were constantly exposed to the danger of life, because even the defusing of aviation bombs represented a game with death! The horrors of this time were no secret for the civilian population of Lichtenrade - the traces of horror were omnipresent.

The day of liberation

Historically significant was April 23, 1945, when the Red Army finally freed Lichtenrade. A ray of hope in the middle of the dark, which relieved the suffering of the people in this region a little. After the war, public office and the local high school first found a home in the barracks before they were finally inhabited by refugees from the former German eastern areas. But the spirit of this dark past remains.

commemorate and commemorate

The newly unveiled information board serves as a memorial. It is intended to keep the memory of inhumanity and keep the reality of the events in mind. An important step in order not to be forgotten and honor the voices of those who suffered in the shadow of some of the darkest chapters in human history.