Heydebreck-Cosel
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Heydebreck was a Nazi Germany village area with POW camps Arbeitskommando E711A[3] and Bau und Arbeits (BAB, English: Building and Labor) camp 20[4]: a (renamed E794 in November 1944).[4]: b Five km west[5]: 74 in the Cosel district was a subcamp of Auschwitz III (Monowitz) operated from April 1, 1944, to January 26, 1945.[6] In February and March 1944, 800 POWs from Monowitz Arbeitskommando E715 were transferred to chemical facilities in the area of Blechhammer, Cosel, and Heydebreck.[7]
Post-war: Area recovered by Poland
| Heydebreck | |
|---|---|
| Part of Auschwitz III-Monowitz | |
| Located in Upper Silesia | |
1945 Heydebreck card | |
| Site history | |
| Battles/wars | Oil Campaign of World War II |
| Events | 1945-01: Soviet occupation[2] Post-war: Area recovered by Poland |
Heydebreck chemical facilities included a Bergius hydrogenation plant[8] (3300 tons/month),[9] a Kybol plant,[5]: 30 a Methanol plant, a Nitrogen plant,[10] a Butanol plant, an Oppanol plant, and (as at Oppau) a Tanol[clarification needed] plant.[11] As a target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, Heydebreck was first bombed in June 1944.[12]
A shooting of British POWs at Heydebreck was studied post-war.[13]
| External image | |
|---|---|
 Map distinguishing Cosel, Heydebreck, & Blechhammer |
