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Rail Station

The rail line constructed by concentration camp inmates in 1943 was not used regularly by the Soviet camp administration. It was used to bring inmates to Buchenwald from other special camps that were being shut down.

The picture shows a map drawn by Hans Wagner showing the transport route for prisoners from Special Camp No. 2 who were deported to Karaganda.
Drawing of the transport route to Karaganda, 1996. Drawing: Hans Wagner. ©Buchenwald Memorial

February 1947: Freight trains carrying 1,000 inmates left the camp for Karaganda in the Soviet Union. The release of 9,250 inmates in July and August of 1948 also took place via the rail line.

January 1946: Transports from Landsberg (Warta, today Gorzów Wielkopolski) totalling 5,700 people.

December 1946: Four transports from Torgau (Saxony) totalling 5,100 people.

April 1947: Two transports from Jamlitz (Brandenburg) with 4,000 people. In April 1947 the special camp reached its highest number of inmates with 16,371 inmates.

September 1948: Three transports from Fünfeichen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) totalling 2,600 people.

September and October 1948: Six transports from Mühlberg/Elbe totalling 3,700 people.

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