Labor Camp in Mysłowice 1945-1946

The book “Labor Camp in Mysłowice 1945-1946” as well as publication about camp in Świętochłowice-Zgoda have beed published within the framework of regional research project “Labor Camps in Silesia after WWII” carried out by the Public Education Office in Katowice.
Wacław Dubański depicts functioning of Mysłowice Camp from February 1945 till the fall of 1946. The author writes about the origin of the camp during occupation time and about the reasons of imprisonment. Next, the issues of personnel, discipline and management of the camp are discussed. The following part shows the number and nationality of the prisoners as well as conditions of life in the camp with particular attention to repressions and compulsory employment of prisoners of the camp in mine industry in Silesia. The last part of the book provides information about the death toll of the prisoners and the reasons of the death as well as information about burial places of the victims.
In the appendix you will find statistical data regarding employment in Mysłowice camp, as well as about children, elderly people, and foreigners kept in the camp.