Monowitz-Buna

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Monowitz-Buna was a Nazi German concentration and forced-labor camp near Auschwitz, primarily used to supply slave labor for the IG Farben synthetic rubber and fuel plant during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Monowitz 3
Buna-Monowitz 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp
forced-labor camp
subcamp of Auschwitz
alsoKnownAs Auschwitz III NERFINISHED
Monowitz-Buna
surface form: Buna-Monowitz

Monowitz-Buna
surface form: Monowitz
associatedWithIndustry synthetic fuel production
synthetic rubber production
country Nazi Germany
guardedBy SS-Totenkopfverbände NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic brutal working conditions
extremely high mortality rate
insufficient food and medical care
hasFunction exploitation of prisoner labor
support of German war economy
hasLanguageOfAdministration German
hasPrisonerType Jewish forced laborers
political prisoners
hasSelectionFor AuschwitzBirkenau
surface form: gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau
hasTypeOfLabor construction work
industrial labor
plant construction for IG Farben
historicalRegion Upper Silesia NERFINISHED
laborSuppliedTo IG Farben
surface form: IG Farben synthetic fuel plant

IG Farben
surface form: IG Farben synthetic rubber plant
locatedIn occupied Poland
locatedNear Auschwitz NERFINISHED
Oświęcim NERFINISHED
memorializedIn Holocaust memorials and museums
namedAfter village of Monowice
operatedBy SS
partOf Auschwitz concentration camp complex NERFINISHED
partOfEvent Holocaust
World War II
partOfSystem Nazi camp system
surface form: Nazi concentration camp system
perpetrator Nazi Germany
surface form: Nazi regime
primaryIndustrialPartner IG Farben
purpose to provide cheap labor to IG Farben
relatedTo Auschwitz I NERFINISHED
Auschwitz II-Birkenau NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1940s
usedFor forced labor for industry
slave labor
victimGroup Jews
Poles
Soviet prisoners of war
other persecuted groups

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Auschwitz III-Monowitz alsoKnownAs Monowitz-Buna
Monowitz-Buna alsoKnownAs Monowitz-Buna
this entity surface form: Monowitz
Monowitz-Buna alsoKnownAs Monowitz-Buna
this entity surface form: Buna-Monowitz
Monowice hasNameInGerman Monowitz-Buna
this entity surface form: Monowitz
Buna-Werke historicalLocation Monowitz-Buna
this entity surface form: Monowitz