Neuengamme
Neuengamme is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, located in the Bergedorf borough. During Nazi Germany a concentration camp was located in Neuengamme. In 2007, the population was 3,459.
Geography
Neuengamme is located in the southeastern part of Hamburg. In 2007 the quarter had a total area of 18.6 km².[1]
History
From December 1938 through May 1945, the concentration camp at Neuengamme (German: Konzentrationslager Neuengamme) had more than 106,000 inmates—including all sub camps—almost half of them died.[2][3]
Demographics
In 2007, 3,459 people were living in Neuengamme quarter. The population density was 168 people per km². 17.7% were children under the age of 18, and 20.2% were 65 years of age or older. 2.3% were immigrants. 54 people were registered as unemployed.[1]
Education
In 2007, there were no schools in Neuengamme.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2007)
- ^ "Konzentrationslager Neuengamme". KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme. http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-neuengamme.de/index.php?id=12. Retrieved 2008-10-12. "Insgesamt wurden im KZ Neuengamme nach gegenwärtigen Erkenntnissen über 80 000 Männer und mehr als 13 000 Frauen mit einer Häftlingsnummer registriert; weitere 5 900 Menschen wurden in den Lagerbüchern gar nicht oder gesondert erfasst.[…]Vermutlich mehr als die Hälfte der 100400 Häftlinge des Konzentrationslagers Neuengamme haben die nationalsozialistische Verfolgung nicht überlebt." (German)
- ^ "Neuengamme". USHMM. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005539. Retrieved 2008-10-12. "In all, more than 50,000 prisoners, almost half of all those imprisoned in the camp during its existence, died in Neuengamme before liberation."
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