Eckerwald Memorial, Memorial site in Schömberg, Germany.
The Eckerwald Memorial contains the ruins of a gas purification facility where concentration camp prisoners were forced to work during World War II.
In autumn 1944, prisoners from Schörzingen concentration camp constructed a shale oil factory at this location as part of the Company Wüste industrial complex.
The memorial features a bronze sculpture by artist Siegfried Haas, installed in 2004 with the inscription 'Macht ist Ohnmacht' in a trough excavated by prisoners.
Located 15 kilometers southwest of Balingen, the memorial includes a documentation center with ten panels detailing the history of Unternehmen Wüste operations.
The site belongs to a network of seven subcamps connected to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp system, where prisoners extracted fuel from oil shale.
Location: Schömberg
GPS coordinates: 48.17980,8.72057
Latest update: March 6, 2025 03:20
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