


Beginning in 1943, the SS geared the operation of the concentration camp more intensively towards the interests of the German war economy. For this purpose, there was a change in the camp leadership. Hermann Pister replaced Karl Otto Koch as camp commander. Next to the camp, on the road to Weimar, the SS had an armament factory constructed, which went into operation in the spring of 1943. Thousands of inmates had to work for the Weimar weapons firm