The Stutthof Concentration Camp
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Sztutowo is the name of a fisherman’s village, located 34 kilometers northeast of Gdansk / Danzig and 3 kilometers from the Baltic coast. With the German invasion of Poland, Sztutowo became Stutthof and entered the halls of history as the wartime site of an infamous concentration camp.
Before the war a wooden home for the elderly was situated in a forest near the village of Stutthof at the base of the Vistula Sandbank, belonging to the Free City of Danzig, now Gdansk.
The site was ideal, beautiful fir and pine forests spotted here and there with silver-birch and oak, together with extensive plains which gave the impression of a land of quiet and beauty. It was therefore not surprising that a home for the elderly was established in one of the most charming corners, a beautiful large house, not far away a glade and at arms length more forests.
Read the full article about Stutthof here: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/stutthof.html
The Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team
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I have been told that the Eckman (current spelling) surname originates from behind the Iron Curtain in Prussia, more specifically in the vicinity of Danzig, current Gdansk. Can you give me any direction in how to authenticate this information? I am interested in knowing more in reference to the family history. Heinrich and Johannes Eckman were the original progenitors of the family in America. Their father was Ulrich and they were both born in Switzerland in the early 1700's. I am aware of the atrocities to the Jews under the direction of Adolph Eichmann from this same area.
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