Redl-Zipf
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The Redl-Zipf V-2 rocket facility
(code name
Schlier
) in central Austria between Vöcklabruck
and Vöcklamarkt
was for V-2 rocket motor testing after Raxwerke
test equipment had been moved from Friedrichshafen. The facility tested V-2 combustion chambers' compatibility with turbopumps since the rocket did not have a controller for reducing the turbopumping of propellant into the chamber if pressure became too high. The World War II facility used forced labor of the Schlier-Redl-Zipf subcamp of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
and included a liquid oxygen
generation plant in a nearby tunnel.http://books.google.com/books?id=SnAMx8A7k68C&pg=PA139 After an August 1944http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.schlier.at/linked/hannes%2520koch%2520-%2520schlier%2520kz%2520redl-zipf%252016-09-08.pdf&ei=v9YKSt-oJoWeM9Kr0NAL&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dredl-zipf%2Bexplosion%26hl%3Den explosion at the liquid oxygen plant stopped Schlier production, the third V-2 liquid oxygen plant (5000 tons/month) was built at a slate quarry at Lehesten
near the Mittelwerk
(turbopump/chamber compatibility testing for Mittelwerk
production was also performed at the Lehesten facility). Karl Heimberg, who had worked at Peenemünde Test Stand 7, was transferred to "Vorwerk Sued" at Redl-Zipf and then, for the period from late 1944-early April 1945, to Lehesten (he later returned to Peenemünde with Walter Riedel
III to burn design office files and participated in the post-war
Operation Backfire
.)http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/dsh/peenintro.html
The Operation Bernhard
forced labor team at Sachsenhausen concentration camp
for producing counterfeit British money was transferred to the Schlier-Redl-Zipf subcamp until the beginning of May 1945, when the team of prisoners was ordered to transfer to the Ebensee concentration camp
. A 1985 documentary was produced about the forced labor, and the 1992 conference for Braunau Contemporary History Days
commemorated the "Unwanted Heritage" of forced labor at the region's concentration camps.
V-2 rocket facilities of World War II
V-2 rocket facilities were military installations associated with Nazi Germany's V-2 ballistic rocket, including bunkers and small launch pads which were never operationally used.-Development, testing, and production facilities:...
(code name
Code name
A code name or cryptonym is a word or name used clandestinely to refer to another name or word. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage...
Schlier
Schlier
Schlier is a town in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
) in central Austria between Vöcklabruck
Vöcklabruck
Vöcklabruck is the administrative center of the Vöcklabruck district, Austria. It is located in the western part of Upper Austria, close to the A1 Autobahn as well as the B1 highway, and has been ranked in the top 10 most-visited cities in Austria....
and Vöcklamarkt
Vöcklamarkt
Vöcklamarkt is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria....
was for V-2 rocket motor testing after Raxwerke
Raxwerke
Raxwerke or Rax-Werke was a facility of the Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik at Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria. During World War II, the company also produced lamps for Panzer tanks and anti-aircraft guns...
test equipment had been moved from Friedrichshafen. The facility tested V-2 combustion chambers' compatibility with turbopumps since the rocket did not have a controller for reducing the turbopumping of propellant into the chamber if pressure became too high. The World War II facility used forced labor of the Schlier-Redl-Zipf subcamp of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen Concentration Camp grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps that was built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly east of the city of Linz.Initially a single camp at Mauthausen, it expanded over time and by the summer of 1940, the...
and included a liquid oxygen
Liquid oxygen
Liquid oxygen — abbreviated LOx, LOX or Lox in the aerospace, submarine and gas industries — is one of the physical forms of elemental oxygen.-Physical properties:...
generation plant in a nearby tunnel.http://books.google.com/books?id=SnAMx8A7k68C&pg=PA139 After an August 1944http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.schlier.at/linked/hannes%2520koch%2520-%2520schlier%2520kz%2520redl-zipf%252016-09-08.pdf&ei=v9YKSt-oJoWeM9Kr0NAL&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dredl-zipf%2Bexplosion%26hl%3Den explosion at the liquid oxygen plant stopped Schlier production, the third V-2 liquid oxygen plant (5000 tons/month) was built at a slate quarry at Lehesten
Lehesten
Lehesten is a town in the Thuringian Forest, 20 km southeast of Saalfeld.-WWII V-2 facility:After an August 1944 explosion at the Redl-Zipf V-2 liquid oxygen plant at Schlier stopped production, the third V-2 liquid oxygen plant was built at a slate quarry at Lehesten at the...
near the Mittelwerk
Mittelwerk
Central Works was a World War II factory that used Mittelbau-Dora forced labor in 2 main tunnels in the Kohnstein. The underground facility produced V-2 rockets, V-1 flying bombs, and other Nazi weapons.-Mittelwerk GmbH:...
(turbopump/chamber compatibility testing for Mittelwerk
Mittelwerk
Central Works was a World War II factory that used Mittelbau-Dora forced labor in 2 main tunnels in the Kohnstein. The underground facility produced V-2 rockets, V-1 flying bombs, and other Nazi weapons.-Mittelwerk GmbH:...
production was also performed at the Lehesten facility). Karl Heimberg, who had worked at Peenemünde Test Stand 7, was transferred to "Vorwerk Sued" at Redl-Zipf and then, for the period from late 1944-early April 1945, to Lehesten (he later returned to Peenemünde with Walter Riedel
Walter Riedel
Walter J H "Papa" Riedel was a German engineer who was the head of the Design Office of the Army Research Centre Peenemünde and the Chief Designer of the A4 ballistic rocket...
III to burn design office files and participated in the post-war
Post-war
A post-war period or postwar period is the interval immediately following the ending of a war and enduring as long as war does not resume. A post-war period can become an interwar period or interbellum when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date...
Operation Backfire
Operation Backfire
Operation Backfire may refer to:*Operation Backfire *Operation Backfire , an FBI operation against certain actions by the radical environmental movement....
.)http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/dsh/peenintro.html
The Operation Bernhard
Operation Bernhard
Operation Bernhard was the codename of a secret Nazi plan devised during the Second World War by the RSHA and the SS to destabilise the British economy by flooding the country with forged Bank of England £5, £10, £20, and £50 notes...
forced labor team at Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May, 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD...
for producing counterfeit British money was transferred to the Schlier-Redl-Zipf subcamp until the beginning of May 1945, when the team of prisoners was ordered to transfer to the Ebensee concentration camp
Ebensee concentration camp
The Ebensee concentration camp was established by the SS to build tunnels for armaments storage near the town of Ebensee, Austria in 1943. It was part of the Mauthausen network....
. A 1985 documentary was produced about the forced labor, and the 1992 conference for Braunau Contemporary History Days
Braunauer Zeitgeschichte-Tage
The Braunau Contemporary History Days are a series of conferences organised by the association for contemporary history. Scientifically guided by Andreas Maislinger, it has annually taken place in Braunau am Inn since 1992.- History :...
commemorated the "Unwanted Heritage" of forced labor at the region's concentration camps.