Natzwiller

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Natzwiller

(2020–2026) André Woock^[1]Area

7.29 km² (2.81 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

528 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

67314 /67130

Elevation379–1,013 m (1,243–3,323 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Natzwiller (French pronunciation: [natsvilɛʁ]; German: Natzweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.^[3]

History

Built in spring 1941 on the territory of the commune, Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp opened for prisoners in May 1941. It was the only Nazi concentration camp on French soil. The inmates originally were German who were to supply labor for building V-2 rocket factories in man-made caves dug out of the Vosges Mountains.

The prisoners lived in the cold, damp tunnels as they built them. The camp was expanded by the Nazis with the installation of a gas chamber in April 1943 and crematorium. Its main function was temporary detention of Resistance fighters from overrun European nations, although some Nazi experiments on Jews were carried out at the camp.

Museum

The camp site has been preserved as a museum and includes a monument to the departed.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file