Berga, Thuringia
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Berga, Thuringia
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Location of the town of Berga within Greiz district
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| Coordinates | 50°45′N 12°10′E / 50.75°N 12.16667°ECoordinates: 50°45′N 12°10′E / 50.75°N 12.16667°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Greiz |
| Town subdivisions | 14 |
| Mayor | Stephan Büttner |
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| Area | 43.49 km2 (16.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 229 m (751 ft) |
| Population | 3,539 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 81 /km2 (211 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | GRZ |
| Postal code | 07980 |
| Area code | 036623 |
| Website | Stadt-Berga.de |
Berga/Elster is a town in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Weiße Elster, 14 km southeast of Gera.
In World War II a labor camp called "Berga an der Elster"[2] was operated here to dig 17 tunnels for an underground ammunition factory. Workers were supplied by Buchenwald concentration camp, and from a POW camp, Stalag IX-B. The latter was in contravention of the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention. Many prisoners died as a result of malnutrition, sickness and beatings,[3] including 73 American POWs.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. 27 June 2011. http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?tabelle=gg000102%7C%7C.
- ^ "After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp". CNN. 2008-11-20. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/11/20/worldwar.two.folo/index.html. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ "New photo: Nazis dig up mass grave of U.S. soldiers". CNN. 2009-04-24. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/berga.folo/index.html?iref=mpstoryview. Retrieved 2009-04-24. "Berga an der Elster was a slave labor camp where 350 U.S. soldiers were beaten, starved, and forced to work in tunnels for the German government. The soldiers were singled out for "looking like Jews" or "sounding like Jews," or dubbed as undesirables, according to survivors. More than 100 soldiers perished at the camp or on a forced death march."
- ^ Reich, Walter (2005-05-01). "Yanks in the Holocaust". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DB1731F932A35756C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- Flint Whitlock. Given Up For Dead - American GIs in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga, Basic Books (March 2005), ISBN 0-8133-4288-0.
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An American soldier questions a civilian from a nearby town in the Berga-Elster concentration camp.
External links
- Description of KZ Berga
- City Website Berga/Elster
- District Greiz
- PBS.org
- WW II vet held in Nazi slave camp breaks silence, CNN.com
- The Lost Soldiers Of Stalag IX-B
- 'You don't forget': Medic's Holocaust diary tells story of hell (CNN, October 28, 2010)
- Survivor of Berga 1945
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