Flossenbürg Travel Guide

 alancollins Says:  The crematorium at Flossenburg was built in 1940 just outside the camp walls. Prisoners were executed within metres of the building and the bodies taken into the crematorium for disposal. Though the building remains the route used to transport bodies from the camp via an... 

 alancollins Says:  The Valley of Death is one of the oldest Concentration Camp Memorials in Germany with work first starting in 1946. The memorial starts at the back of the camp and you walk down steps pass the gate posts to the former entrance at the camp that have been moved to this... 

 alancollins Says:  The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ was built incorporating a former watch tower as the church spire. The chapel was built using stones from the camp watch towers. Inside the chapel there are a number of plaques to the victims. 

 alancollins Says:  From the outside the Jewish Memorial is a plain modern looking white windowless building. Natural light is allowed to enter via small tower with a Star of David set into the top. It is an unusual and ingenious design. 

 alancollins Says:  None of the camps wooden huts have survived. The more substantial Prisoner’s Kitchen and Laundry buildings that form 2 sides of the roll call ground are at present being renovated and the whole area is fenced off at present whilst building work takes place. The roll call... 

 alancollins Says:  A cemetery of honour for the victims of the camp was built between 1957 and 1960 where the isolation blocks, workshops and disinfection buildings had stood at the rear of the camp. More than 5,500 people are buried in the cemetery of honour their bodies having been... 

 alancollins Says:  To stop the prisoners from escaping from the camp it was ringed by an electrified fence. Watch Towers built from granite stone were spaced at regular intervals to give the guards a clear line of fire. A small portion of the fence survives and three guards towers one of which... 

 alancollins Says:  The first place to visit is the former SS Headquarters. There is a screening room where you press a play button and watch a film about the history of the camp. In the corridor are leaflets in a number of languages that are handy for a self conducted tour of the camp, showing...