Berga, Thuringia
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Stadtteil |
| Town | Berga-Wünschendorf |
| name | Berga |
| image_photo | Berga an der Elster.jpg |
| image_coa | DEU Berga (Berga-Wünschendorf) COA.svg |
| coordinates | |
| state | Thüringen |
| district | Greiz |
| elevation | 229 |
| area | 43.52 |
| postal_code | 07980 |
| area_code | 036623 |
| population | 3218 |
| Stand | 2022-12-31 |
| website | Stadt-Berga.de |
| :: |
|type = Stadtteil |Town = Berga-Wünschendorf |name = Berga |image_photo = Berga an der Elster.jpg |image_coa = DEU Berga (Berga-Wünschendorf) COA.svg |coordinates = |state = Thüringen |district = Greiz |elevation = 229 |area = 43.52 |postal_code = 07980 |area_code = 036623 |population = 3218 |Stand = 2022-12-31 |website = Stadt-Berga.de
Berga/Elster () is a former town in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. On 1 January 2024 it became part of the town Berga-Wünschendorf. It is situated on the White Elster river, 14 km southeast of Gera.
History
Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Berga/Elster was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Berga concentration camp
Main article: Berga concentration camp
During World War II, a slave labor camp called "Berga an der Elster" was operated here to dig 17 tunnels for an underground ammunition factory. Workers were supplied by Buchenwald concentration camp and from a POW camp, Stalag IX-B; the latter contravened the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention and the Hague Treaties. Many prisoners died as a result of malnutrition, sickness (including pulmonary disease due to dust inhalation from tunnelling with explosives), and beatings, including 73 American POWs.
Personalities
- Hans Bastian I. von Zehmen (1598–1638), Saxon colonel of the Leibregiment, commander of Magdeburg
- Gerhard Schot (1866–1961), geographer and oceanographer, born in the district of Tschirma
References
References
- [https://parldok.thueringer-landtag.de/ParlDok/dokument/95417/gesetz_und_verordnungsblatt_nr_15_2023.pdf Thüringer Gesetz zur freiwilligen Neugliederung kreisangehöriger Gemeinden im Jahr 2024], Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt für den Freistaat Thüringen, 2023 Nr. 15, p. 349
- (2008-11-20). "After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp". CNN.
- (2009-04-24). "New photo: Nazis dig up mass grave of U.S. soldiers". [[CNN]].
- Reich, Walter. (2005-05-01). "Yanks in the Holocaust". The New York Times.
- (2012). "Hitler's G.I. Death Camp". [[National Geographic Society.
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