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Babice (German name Babitz)

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  Babice subcamp main area The full German name of this subcamp was Wirtschaftshof Babitz according to the website Subcamps of Auschwitz , which is operated by the research organisation Tiergarten 4 Association e.v. (a visit to their main website is highly recommended by the way). The website has a wealth of information about this particular camp, as follows: The subcamps three commanders were SS Oberscharfuhrer Rosenoff, SS Ausherin Erna Kuck and SS Auseherin Johanna Bormann. The number of guards remains unknown, but has been estimated at 30, drawn from the Landswritschaftskompanie of the SS, consisting primarily of Germans and Volksdeutsche from Poland, Romania, Lithuania and Czechoslovakia.  The main function of the camp was agricultural work on a farm owned by the SS. Female prisoners were held in an old school, while the male prisoners were held in specially built wooden barracks. The subcamp held 360 prisoners (male and female) in total. Of these, 200 were female - estimated to