Complex Osowka of Project Riese in Gluszyca, Poland. In 1943 Nazi Germany started a large scale underground construction called Riese (Giant). In the
Complex Osowka of Project Riese in Gluszyca, Poland. In 1943 Nazi Germany started a large scale underground construction called Riese (Giant). In the beginning works were conducted by Schlesische Industriegemeinschaft AG (Silesian Industrial Company) using forced laborers and prisoners of war. Since 1944 superior building management was taken by Organisation Todt and called Oberbauleitung Riese. At least 13,000 slave labourers (most of them were Jews) from Arbeitslager Riese, subcamp of KL Gross Rosen, worked on the construction. Almost of them died. Project was abandoned in 1945 and never finished. Its final purpose is still unknown (underground factory, underground Fuhrer Headquarters or combination of headquarters and arms industry). Now 7 complexes are known with 9 km long tunnels (25,000 m2, 100,000 m3). Complex Osowka is 1700 meters long and open for public © Wojciech Strozyk / Alamy Stock Photo
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Location: Gluszyca, POland
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