From June 1944 until April 1945, in the area of the Bavarian city of Landsberg am Lech, there operated 11 sub-camps of the Dachau concentration camp, all of which shared the same name, i.e. Kaufering. As inmates of these camps, the prisoners had to build underground bunkers that were to be used as plants aimed at the production of Messerschmitt Me 262 war aeroplanes. This was the largest complex of Dachau sub-camps, and they imprisoned 30,000 Jews mainly from countries occupied by Germany, above all from Poland. Most prisoners did not survive - they died as a result of inhumane working conditions, hunger, cold and disease. Until late November 1944, prisoners who were considered unsuitable for work were sent away to the gas chambers in the Auschwitz concentration camp. As of November 1944, more than 6,400 prisoners died in the Kaufering camps, and they were buried in 12 local cemeteries (in mass graves).
Nowadays, however, it is not possible to precisely establish the place where each victim was buried.
In the cemetery located in proximity to one of the districts of the city of Landsberg - Erpfting, approximately 2,000 victims of Camp VII found their resting place in nine mass graves. The cemetery was established in 1950. The site is surrounded by a low stone wall, and the wrought iron entrance gate bears two Stars of David. The monument can be reached by traversing a broad alley. On both sides of this are the collective graves. The monument bears a mosaic Star of David with the following quotation:
’Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. 37 Psalm of David
In memory of the victims of the Erpfting concentration camp, erected in 1950.’
Only 5 war victims and 5 persons who died after the war are known by their first and last names.