Sonderlager Bystřice u Benešova

The present bachelor thesis focuses on the Sonderlager labour camp that was operated during the war in Bystřice u Benešova for the so-called mixed race Jews. The first section of the three-part work briefly deals with the history of the Waffen SS training ground in Central Bohemia. This is followed by the most important section on the Sonderlager in Bystřice, the place of internment of prisoners assigned for construction works for the newly-formed training ground. After the war, this camp was made into a detention facility for the Germans bound for removal from the country. The concluding section aims at mapping the knowledge of the Sonderlager phenomenon among the inhabitants of Bystřice. The work is based on archive documents, primary sources, and recollections of contemporaries. Some inrotmation was taken from secondary literature. Keywords: Bystřice u Benešova, SS training ground, Sonderlager, prisoners, mixed race Jews, internment camp Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org