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Althammer

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  Althammer is often identified as being located in Stara Kuźnia near Halemba, about ten kilometres west of the Polish city of Katowice. That would seem to identify this site here:   There is at least one ruined brick building at Stara Kuznia (see picture below), on the outskirts of a park (shown by green marker on the picture above), which would seem to indicate that there was some presence here, but this site is not the main site as discussed by the main sources. Other sources, specifically subcamps-auschwitz.org locate the camp on ul Skargi, which is a district of Halemba, which is a considerable distance away from Stara Kuznia, past Gleiwitz, to the east. The site of the thermal power station with the site of the subcamp above it   The main camp area. The smaller area to the left, with buildings, is the site of the SS accommodation.   The camp was commanded by SS-Oberscharführer Johann Mirbeth and was established by the SS in September 1944 with the aim of supplying