Talk:Allach (porcelain)
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Concentration Camp
editI am not in the position to edit this page ( I do not feel I have the writing skills) ... BUT there is something very big missing here - its the Concentration Camp a sub camp of Dachau. The link from Subcamps of Dachau Concentration Camp led me to this link, but there is no mention of it.
This issue has been taken care of. Info has been added to article. nicholasweed (talk) 12:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
This article may contain excessive or improper use of copyrighted material
editThe use of copyrighted material in this article is not excessive or improper. These images are historically important because they relate to the Holocaust. Also the images show the reader just a small sample of the artwork produced at the Allach Factory. This small sample of artwork shown help the reader to understand the subject better. These images all meet with all ten guidelines in the non-free content Policy.
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editThis content doesn't belong to Allach concentration camp, but to Allach (porcelain), somebody may use it for this article. Please delete it from here afterwards. Thank you.
A porcelain factory Porzellan Manufaktur Allach was established as a private concern in 1935 in the small town of Allach, near Munich. In 1936 the factory was acquired by the SS. Heinrich Himmler saw the acquisition of a fine porcelain factory as a way to establish an industrial base for the production of works of art that would represent, in his opinion, true Germanic culture. Allach porcelain was one of Himmler's favorite projects and produced various figurines (soldiers, animals, etc.) to compete in the small but profitable German porcelain market. High-ranking artists were locked into contract. The factory's portfolio included over 240 porcelain and ceramic models. The camp was also the manufacturing site of Allach porcelain and military dress uniform swords and daggers.[1] Allach remained in operation until its liberation on April 22, 1945, by the US Army. The foundry at the Allach camp was run by a school professor from the nearby town. Two of his students assisted him with the manufacture of the swords and daggers. The work typically had the entwined Sig Runes which was an SS proof mark that can also be seen on Allach porcelain.[1]
Starting from 1941 German civilians and about 50 prisoners of the Allach subcamp of the Dachau camp were employed with production of art and porcelain. The Allach subcamp of Dachau remained the main location for fine porcelain manufacture even after the original factory in the town of Allach was modernized and reopened; the factory in the town of Allach was instead retrofitted for the production of ceramic products such as household pottery.