Auschwitz III-Monowitz

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Auschwitz III-Monowitz was a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, primarily used as a forced labor camp for the nearby IG Farben industrial plant during the Holocaust.


Statements (42)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp
forced labor camp
alsoKnownAs Auschwitz III
Monowitz concentration camp
Monowitz-Buna
associatedWith Buna-Werke
associatedWithCompany IG Farben
campCategory Arbeitslager
controlledBy Nazi Germany
hasLivingConditions extremely harsh
hasMortalityRate very high
hasPrisonerPopulation Poles
Soviet prisoners of war
other persecuted groups
primarily Jews
hasSystemRole labor reservoir for IG Farben complex
hasTypeOfLabor construction work
industrial labor
historicalSignificance example of collaboration between Nazi regime and German industry
linkedToIndustry chemical industry
synthetic rubber production
locatedIn Monowice
locatedInCountry German-occupied Poland
locatedNear Oświęcim
memorializedAs site of Nazi persecution
symbol of industrial exploitation during the Holocaust
operatedBy SS
partOf Auschwitz concentration camp complex
partOfEvent Holocaust
World War II
partOfRegion Upper Silesia
partOfSystem Nazi camp system
primaryLaborDestination IG Farben industrial plant
purpose provide slave labor for Buna synthetic rubber plant
subcampOf Auschwitz I
Auschwitz II-Birkenau
timePeriod 1940s
usedFor exploitation of prisoners
forced labor
support of German war industry
victimOfCrimeType crimes against humanity
genocide

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Auschwitz III-Monowitz ("Monowitz concentration camp")
Auschwitz III-Monowitz ("Auschwitz III")
alsoKnownAs
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau ("Auschwitz subcamps")
hasPart
Monowice ("IG Farben industrial complex")
associatedWith
IG Farben ("Auschwitz-Monowitz")
builtFacilityAt
Buna-Werke ("IG Farben Buna-Werke Auschwitz")
hasGermanName
Soviet 60th Army ("Auschwitz III-Monowitz area")
liberated
IG Farben ("Buna-Werke Auschwitz")
operatedPlant
Buna-Werke ("IG Farben industrial complex at Auschwitz")
partOf
Primo Levi ("Monowitz (Auschwitz III)")
placeOfDetention
Survival in Auschwitz ("Monowitz (Auschwitz III)")
setting

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