Agfa-Commando

Article summary

Agfa-Commando is the widely used name for the München-Giesing - Agfa Kamerawerke satellite camp of the Dachau concentration camp. By October 1944, the camp housed about five hundred women. They were used as slave laborers in the Agfa camera factory (part of the IG Farben group) in München-Giesing, a suburb on the S.W. side of Munich 14 miles (23 km) from the main camp of Dachau. The women assembled ignition timing devices for bombs, artillery ammunition and V-1 and V-2 rockets; they used every opportunity to sabotage the production. In January 1945, citing the lack of food, the prisoners conducted a strike, an unheard-of action in a concentration camp. Production ended on 23 April 1945 and the women marched toward Wolfratshausen, where their commander eventually surrendered to advancing American troops.

Key claims

1. date of death: 1944-10-07 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1944 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. publication date: 1946 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of death is "1944-10-07". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1944". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "2003". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the publication date is "1946". What evidence would count against this claim?
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7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376076723