Weyer concentration camp
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The memorial place Weyer concentration camp/Innviertel
is a memorial for the commemoration of the former so-called educating-through-work and Roma internment camp St. Pantaleon-Weyer. The camp was situated in Weyer, a part of the municipality Haigermoos
, which belonged to the municipality Sankt Pantaleon
until 1945.
– camp was initiated in 1940 by the Gauleiter
August Eigruber
as a Labor camp
. The occupants, mostly citizens of the surrounding area, had to carry out dehydration activities at the Moosach
. The camp staff consisted of SA
-men of the group Alpenland from the municipality. After five detainees died from abuse within a short time, the municipal doctor of Sankt Pantaleon
, Dr. A. St., and the prosecution Ried
pressed charges against the camp management and staff. The Labor camp
was closed in 1941 as Labor camp
and the action was dismissed on instructions. From then on the camp was used as Roma internment camp. Particularly Austrian (also some who were born in the Innviertel
) Roma, also women and children, were detained and deployed at the IBM-Waidmooser dehydration. In November 1941, the camp was ultimately closed. The 301 detainees who had survived were loaded into cattle wagons in Bürmoos
and, after a short stopover in Lackenbach
in Burgenland
, transported to the Ghetto Litzmannstadt.
commemorates also its own responsibility as the then competent administration.
The memorial alongside the Moosach
was created by the sculptor Dieter Schmidt from Fridolfing
and inaugurated on the 24th June 2000. It is situated within the boundaries of today’s municipality Sankt Pantaleon
, and not on the premises of the Weyer concentration camp, which belong to today’s municipality Haigermoos
.
Innviertel
The Innviertel is a traditional Austrian region south-east of the Inn river. It forms the western part of the state of Upper Austria and borders the German state of Bavaria...
is a memorial for the commemoration of the former so-called educating-through-work and Roma internment camp St. Pantaleon-Weyer. The camp was situated in Weyer, a part of the municipality Haigermoos
Haigermoos
Haigermoos is a municipality in the district Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria, Austria. Today nothing reminds of the infamous Weyer concentration camp for Roma placed here before 1945.-References:...
, which belonged to the municipality Sankt Pantaleon
Sankt Pantaleon
Sankt Pantaleon is a municipality in the district Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria, Austria. A monument was erected by the riverlet Moosach to keep memory of the slave workers engaged there in 1940/41 at the Weyer concentration camp.-References:...
until 1945.
Camp history
The German Labour FrontGerman Labour Front
The German Labour Front was the National Socialist trade union organisation which replaced the various trade unions of the Weimar Republic after Adolf Hitler's rise to power....
– camp was initiated in 1940 by the Gauleiter
Gauleiter
A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau.-Creation and Early Usage:...
August Eigruber
August Eigruber
August Eigruber was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter of Oberdonau and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria, later hanged by the Allies.-Early life and Nazi career:...
as a Labor camp
Labor camp
A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons...
. The occupants, mostly citizens of the surrounding area, had to carry out dehydration activities at the Moosach
Moosach
Moosach is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Glonn.- Geography :...
. The camp staff consisted of SA
Sturmabteilung
The Sturmabteilung functioned as a paramilitary organization of the National Socialist German Workers' Party . It played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s...
-men of the group Alpenland from the municipality. After five detainees died from abuse within a short time, the municipal doctor of Sankt Pantaleon
Sankt Pantaleon
Sankt Pantaleon is a municipality in the district Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria, Austria. A monument was erected by the riverlet Moosach to keep memory of the slave workers engaged there in 1940/41 at the Weyer concentration camp.-References:...
, Dr. A. St., and the prosecution Ried
Ried
Ried is a geographical name for:*Places in Germany**Ried, Bavaria in Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg in Bavaria**District of the city Schrobenhausen, Bavaria**Part of Ebersburg in the District of Fulda in Hessen...
pressed charges against the camp management and staff. The Labor camp
Labor camp
A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons...
was closed in 1941 as Labor camp
Labor camp
A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons...
and the action was dismissed on instructions. From then on the camp was used as Roma internment camp. Particularly Austrian (also some who were born in the Innviertel
Innviertel
The Innviertel is a traditional Austrian region south-east of the Inn river. It forms the western part of the state of Upper Austria and borders the German state of Bavaria...
) Roma, also women and children, were detained and deployed at the IBM-Waidmooser dehydration. In November 1941, the camp was ultimately closed. The 301 detainees who had survived were loaded into cattle wagons in Bürmoos
Bürmoos
Bürmoos is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.-Overview:Bürmoos was founded in 1967, making it the most recently created municipality in the state, by combining the outskirts of the neighbouring villages Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg and...
and, after a short stopover in Lackenbach
Lackenbach
Lackenbach is an Austrian municipality in the District of Oberpullendorf, Burgenland.- Geography :Lackenbach lies in the Oberpullendorf District, the Middle Burgenland and is not divided into any districts.- History :...
in Burgenland
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
, transported to the Ghetto Litzmannstadt.
The memorial
Through the memorial, the municipality Sankt PantaleonSankt Pantaleon
Sankt Pantaleon is a municipality in the district Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria, Austria. A monument was erected by the riverlet Moosach to keep memory of the slave workers engaged there in 1940/41 at the Weyer concentration camp.-References:...
commemorates also its own responsibility as the then competent administration.
The memorial alongside the Moosach
Moosach
Moosach is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Glonn.- Geography :...
was created by the sculptor Dieter Schmidt from Fridolfing
Fridolfing
Fridolfing is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany....
and inaugurated on the 24th June 2000. It is situated within the boundaries of today’s municipality Sankt Pantaleon
Sankt Pantaleon
Sankt Pantaleon is a municipality in the district Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria, Austria. A monument was erected by the riverlet Moosach to keep memory of the slave workers engaged there in 1940/41 at the Weyer concentration camp.-References:...
, and not on the premises of the Weyer concentration camp, which belong to today’s municipality Haigermoos
Haigermoos
Haigermoos is a municipality in the district Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria, Austria. Today nothing reminds of the infamous Weyer concentration camp for Roma placed here before 1945.-References:...
.
Literature
- Andreas MaislingerAndreas MaislingerAndreas Maislinger is an Austrian historian and founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service and Braunau Contemporary History Days.- Studying and learning :...
, “Zigeuneranhaltelager und Arbeitserziehungslager” Weyer: Ergänzung einer Ortschronik. In: Pogrom, magazine of the Society for Threatened PeoplesSociety for Threatened PeoplesSociety for Threatened Peoples is an international NGO and human rights organization based in Göttingen, Germany. It seeks to create awareness of and protect minority peoples around the world who are threatened by oppressive governments. The group states on its website that it "campaigns against...
18 (1987), No. 137, S. 33-36. - Ludwig Laher: Herzfleischentartung, novel, Haymon Verlag, März 2001, ISBN 3-852-18346-4