KZ Dachau
After the outbreak of the Second World War, more and more foreigners were brought to the camp. In the summer of 1940, the number of prisoners rose to 10,000 and the living conditions deteriorated drastically. Clerics of various faiths, who had been kept in smaller camps, were also brought to KZ Dachau. The barracks assigned to them were called Priesterblock (the priests' unit). Of the number of about 3,000 priests, 1,773 came from Poland. In 1941, Soviet prisoners of war arrived, out of whom the SS shot 4,000 recognised as political commissioners, Jews or intellectuals. As a result of the growing needs of the arms industry, prisoners were increasingly and more brutally used for forced labour. Near the armaments plants, mainly in southern Bavaria, the SS set up many sub-camps, the number of which reached 140 by the end of the war. In addition to the terrible punishments for the most minor offenses, such as hanging by the hands twisted behind the back and pouring cold water at very low temperatures, the prisoners also suffered from cruel pseudo-medical experiments, which involved e.g. causing and treating malaria. About 4,000 people died because of these actions.
From 1944, prisoners from other facilities were brought to the camp in evacuation transports and so their number exceed 30,000. There was a typhus epidemic then. In the last six months of the war, one third of all the victims of KZ Dachau died. At the end of April 1945, evacuation of the camp started, sending 25,000 prisoners away on foot or by train. Many thousands of people died during this murderous journey. On the 29th of April 1945, KZ Dachau was liberated by American troops. The soldiers were shocked to see the corpses lying everywhere and the inhuman conditions in the camp, which resulted in the murder of SS members.
The numerous victims of the camp also included some participants of the Warsaw Uprising:
BALCEREK HENRYK a.k.a. "Kostek"
* 25.2.1906 Nowy Grodzisk district Błonie
† 8.4.1945
BRATYS JULIAN Rifleman a.k.a. "Smoluch"
* 28.2.1900 Częstoniew
† 29.3.1945
BUKOWIECKI MARIAN MIECZYSŁAW Rifleman a.k.a. "Szczerbaty"
* 8.9.1915
† 13.2.1945
BURY JÓZEF
* 8.2.1908 Sól
† 15.3.1945
CZAJKOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW a.k.a. "Czajka"
† 3.1945
CZERWONKO KAZIMIERZ Cpl. Cadet Officer
* 9.1.1922 Ostrołęka
† 30.5.1945
DĘBKOWSKI ALEKSANDER Lieutenant a.k.a. "Wilk"
HINCHA WŁODZIMIERZ a.k.a. "Bogdan"
* 8.5.1908 Warsaw
† 15.5.1945
KOZAK JERZY a.k.a. "Kucharz"
* 23.4.1905 Tomaszów
† 8.1.1945
KUBOWICZ JAN
* 21.11.1911 Kotlice
† 1944
ŁAŻEWSKI ANTONI Rifleman a.k.a. "Poraj", conspirative name Kaszewski
* 12.6.1921 Warsaw
† 21.4.1945
MANOWSKI ALEKSANDER MARIAN a.k.a. "Sęk"
* 18.12.1900 Pruszków
† 12.01.1945
MARCINIAK MIECZYSŁAW a.k.a. "Smuga"
* 30.11.1904
† 2.5.1945
MIODUSZEWSKI MIECZYSŁAW Rifleman a.k.a. "Słodki", "Jastrząb"
* 1.1.1924 Warsaw
† 10.3.1945
OKIŃCZYC WIKTOR Uhlan
* 2.2.1927 Okińczyce
OWCZAREK STEFAN a.k.a. "Tygrys", Polish People's Army
† 21.1.1945
PIOTROWSKI CZESŁAW Sergeant a.k.a. "Mściciel"
* 10.2.1911 Żychlin
† 1.2.1945
PONICHTERA ZDZISŁAW
* 28.9.1925 Warsaw
† 4.1945
ROSIŃSKI JAN a.k.a. "Warszawiak"
* 19.11.1900
† 18.3.1945
RÓŻYCKI JÓZEF a.k.a. "Zrąb"
* 11.4.1905 Nuna
† 17.3.1945
WINSZTAL ALEKSANDER a.k.a. "Kary"
† 1945
