Stutthof was a concentration camp 22 miles east of Danzig, at the mouth of the Vistula River. The camp can date its existence from the opening shots of the War. As the German troops moved through Danzig, the SS was close behind. The SS established Stutthof on September 2, 1939, as a civilian internment camp. On January 7, 1942, the camp became an official concentration camp. As the camp grew, numerous subcamps were developed as brickworks, sawmills, machine shops, and for the production of airplane and submarine parts. About 115,000 prisoners passed through Stutthof; of these, 65,000 died and 22,000 were transferred to other camps.
Erik Lordahl, German Concentration Camps 1933-1945, History and Inmate Mail (2000). Referred to as Lordahl.
Feig, Hitlers Death Camps (1979)
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