Gedenkstätte Dessauer Ufer

Lagerhaus G is a warehouse built in 1903 in the free port area of ​​Hamburg that was used as an annex of the Neuengamme concentration camp during the Second World War under the name Dessauer Ufer. From July to September 1944, 1500 Jewish women were held here, who were used for forced labor in the surrounding (petroleum) industry and in the port, which had been damaged by the war. These were later removed and replaced by about 500 male prisoners who were used to build fortifications in the harbor.

The death registers show names from four countries: the Soviet Union, Poland, France and Belgium, and one can assume that this was representative of the camp population. The camp leadership consisted of the SS men Karl Wiedemann (sentenced to 15 years in prison after the war) and his adjutant Hans Fiekers, who was known for being particularly violent (twice summoned, never convicted).

After a heavy bombardment by the Allies on October 25, 1944 (which also killed a number of prisoners), this group was transferred to a nearby camp, in Spaldingstrasse. The Lagerhaus G was meanwhile restored, and on February 15, 1945 it was put back into use as a camp for about 1000 prisoners. The camp was finally dissolved on April 14, 1945, the remaining prisoners transferred to the concentration camp Camp Sandbostel where they were liberated by the British on April 29, 1945.