pre-1939: Breslau, Kreis Breslau-Stadt, Regierungsbezirk Breslau, Provinz Schlesien, Land Preussen, German Reich; 1939–1945: Kreis Breslau-Stadt, Regierungsbezirk Breslau, Provinz Schlesien (from 1941: Provinz Niederschlesien), Land Preussen, German Reich; post-1998: Wrocław, województwo dolnośląskie, Republic of Poland Wrocław, the largest city in what was Lower Silesia, is located approximately 347 kilometers (216 miles) southwest of Warsaw. A transit camp for forced labor, Durchgangslager Breslau-Burgweide, was established north of the city center in the Burgweide (Sołtysowice), formerly Schottwitz, neighborhood in 1940. The provincial labor office under the German occupation, the Landesarbeitsamt Niederschlesien, managed the facility. The camp, located at the corner of Sołtysowicka (Dorpater Strasse) and Aleja Poprzeczna (Querallee), was next to a sugar factory and some army barracks. The transit camp consisted of close to 30 wooden barracks for prisoners and a number of buildin...