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The Sportschule camp was established on the border of the Bielawa, Pieszyce and Dzierżoniów fields in 1942. From September 1944, the camp was a branch of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp under the official name Langenbielau I.
Primarily Polish Jews were held there, but also Jews from other European countries, such as Hungary and the Netherlands. From January 1945, non-Jews were also brought there. The prisoners were placed in the old buildings of the Bielawa summer camps, where a sports school for Hitlerjugend youth had been located since 1935 (hence the later name of the camp – Sportschule).
The tenant of the camp was the weaving company Christian Dierig AG from Bielawa. During the war, it operated under the name Siling I and was involved in the production of weapons. In addition to working for Siling I, prisoners were also employed in other companies in the area – in Dzierżoniów, Bielawa, Pieszyce, Niemcza, Piława Górna and in the quarries in Mościsko. In Dzierżoniów, for example, they worked in the former spinning mill taken over by Bosch at ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 19 (300 Jewish women), in the Flechtner Weaving Mill at ul. Złota (200 Jewish women) and at the construction site of a military factory at ul. Staszica (approx. 1,000 Jews). In 1945, prisoners were assigned to dig trenches.
The number of prisoners who passed through the Sportschule camp is estimated at around 2,000 (various studies give figures from 1,500 to 7,000). The number of victims is unknown. The deceased were buried right next to the camp.
In February and March 1945, some prisoners were evacuated to camps deep in the Reich – Porta Westfalica, Parschnitz and probably to Dachau. The prisoners who remained there were liberated on May 8, 1945 by Soviet soldiers.
After the war, the camp was home to a State Agricultural Farm. Currently, the area is privately owned. The camp barracks have been preserved in good condition.
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2.)
Sportschule (Arbeitslager Langenbielau I, also known as the Reichenbach camp) – a German sub-camp of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp for men, located on the border of Bielawa (Langenbielau) and Dzierżoniów (Reichenbach).
The Sportschule was originally a labor camp, established in 1941, and on September 3, 1944, it was transformed into a branch of the Groß-Rosen camp. The camp was surrounded by barbed wire, and also included a kitchen, a field hospital, and barracks for SS men and prisoners[4], although the number of barracks for prisoners is disputed: some sources state that there were 10, while others say that their number was around 16. The number of prisoners is also disputed: there could have been 2,000 or even 7,000, but the number of victims is unknown. The prisoners were mainly Jews from Poland, as well as Jews from other European countries, such as Hungary, Slovakia and the Netherlands. It was not until January 1945 that not only Jews were placed in the camp.
The Sportschule was subordinate to the women's camp AL Peterswaldau, located in Pieszyce. Both of these camps, together with AL Langenbielau II, were subordinate to one commandant, Karl Ulbricht.
The camp was leased by the Christian Dierig A.G. weaving mills (which for the duration of the war adopted the name Siling I and produced weapons), but prisoners also worked for the companies Jordan (for the duration of the war Siling II), Zill u. Knebich, Hansen u. Neumann, Lehmann, Spinnerei G.F. Flechtner, Telefunken, Krupp, Rebich, Richter u. Schäder (Blockhäuserbau for the duration of the war), Flugzeugfabrik "Preschona", Goldschmidt and Radiofabrik Hagenuk. In 1945, prisoners were employed digging trenches. Those unfit for work were taken to the hospital in Kolce. Until the end of January 1945, the dead were taken to the camp and later buried on site. In February of the same year, some of the prisoners were transferred to the Dachau concentration camp. On May 8, 1945, the prisoners of the Sportschule were liberated by Soviet soldiers.
3.)
The German labor camp "Sportschule" was established on the border of the fields of Bielawa, Pieszyce and Dzierżoniów in 1942 (other sources say 1941) - 14 two-story barracks were built for about 1,200 people. Jews employed by the "Schmelt" organization were held in the camp. From September 1944, the camp was a branch of the KL Gross-Rosen concentration camp under the official name AL (Arbeitslager) Langenbielau I. The name Sportschule came from the so-called "Sports School" of the Nazi paramilitary organization SA established here in 1935 on the site of a youth camp. Military training of the Hitlerjugend youth was conducted here, bypassing the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. The youth were indoctrinated here and trained to work as camp guards. In the years 1938-1942 there was a Luftwaffe aviation school here.
After the "Schmelt" camp was transformed into a part/branch of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, the camp was divided into two parts - a male part for 2,000 prisoners and a female part for 800 female prisoners. The camp was mainly inhabited by Polish Jews, but also by Jews from other European countries, e.g. Hungary and the Netherlands. From January 1945, non-Jews were also brought there. The camp's tenant was the Christian Dierig AG weaving company from Bielawa. During the war, it operated under the name Siling I and was involved in production for Bosch (alternators and ignition for armored vehicles). In addition to working for Siling I, prisoners were also employed in other companies in the area - in Dzierżoniów, Bielawa, Pieszyce, Niemcza, Piława Górna and in the quarries in Mościsko. In Dzierżoniów, for example, they worked in the former spinning mill taken over by Bosch at ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 19 (300 Jewish women), in the Flechtner Weaving Mill at ul. Złota (200 Jewish women) and at the construction site of a military factory at ul. Staszica (approx. 1,000 Jews). At the end of 1944, some prisoners from the concentration camp in Słońsk were transferred to the camp. In 1945, the prisoners were assigned to dig trenches.
The number of prisoners who passed through the Sportschule camp is estimated at around 2,000 (various studies give figures from 1,500 to 7,000). The number of victims is unknown, but there are documented cases of prisoners being murdered by beatings for, for example, trying to take food out of the kitchen. The dead and murdered were buried right next to the camp by filling the pits with lime.
In February and March 1945, some prisoners were evacuated to camps deep inside the Reich – Porta Westfalica, Parschnitz and probably to Dachau. The prisoners who remained there were liberated on May 8, 1945 by soldiers of the Red Army.
After the war, the camp was home to a State Agricultural Farm (pig farm). The camp barracks have been preserved in good condition, although it can be considered that they were desecrated!!
Before 1945, the camp was located within the administrative borders of Bielawa. Currently, in Pieszyce, on Parkowa Street, which is an extension of the Dzierżoniów street of the same name. Access via the old road from Bielawa (Ceglana Street), behind the sewage treatment plant, is possible only on foot.
/SyG oraz moose za: Zegenhagen E., Langenbielau [aka Reichenbach, Reichenbach Sportschule], [w:] The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945, red. G. P. Megargee, t. 1, Bloomington 2009, ss. 759-760. /
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