HASAG

HASAG (also known as Hugo Schneider AG, or by its original name in ) was a German metal goods manufacturer founded in 1863¹. Based in Leipzig, it grew from a small business making lamps and other small metal products by hand into a large factory and publicly traded company that sold its wares in several countries. During the Second World War, Hasag became a Nazi arms-manufacturing conglomerate with dozens of factories across German-occupied Europe using slave labour on a massive scale. Tens of thousands of Jews from Poland, and other prisoners, died producing munition for Hasag. It began making armaments during the First World War, a decision that ultimately increased the company's profitability. The loss of military business after the war resulted in dropping sales. HASAG struggled during the 1920s in the Weimar Republic. As the Nazi Party grew in influence and eventually came to power in 1933, growing militarism led to the company's return to small arms production under the new SS leadership. Following the invasion of Poland at the onset of World War II the company expanded to accommodate thousands of NS-Zwangsarbeiters from concentration camps and ghettos. It was the third largest user of forced labor in Europe, with armaments factories in Germany and Poland. Though HASAG was dismantled after the war, the trademark remained in use until 1974.

HASAG (also known as Hugo Schneider AG, or by its original name in ) was a German metal goods manufacturer founded in 1863. Based in Leipzig, it grew from a small business making lamps and other small metal products by hand into a large factory and publicly traded company that sold its wares in several countries. During the Second World War, Hasag became a Nazi arms-manufacturing conglomerate with dozens of factories across German-occupied Europe using slave labour on a massive scale. Tens of thousands of Jews from Poland, and other prisoners, died producing munition for Hasag. It began making armaments during the First World War, a decision that ultimately increased the company's profitability. The loss of military business after the war resulted in dropping sales. HASAG struggled during the 1920s in the Weimar Republic. As the Nazi Party grew in influence and eventually came to power in 1933, growing militarism led to the company's return to small arms production under the new SS leadership. Following the invasion of Poland at the onset of World War II the company expanded to accommodate thousands of NS-Zwangsarbeiters from concentration camps and ghettos. It was the third largest user of forced labor in Europe, with armaments factories in Germany and Poland. Though HASAG was dismantled after the war, the trademark remained in use until 1974. ===Selected weaponry=== Disposable, recoilless weapon anti-tank Faustpatrone Panzerfaust (shaped charge), recoilless gun Fliegerfaust-A, ground-to-air rocket launcher Flare Pistol LP 42 ==Prominent prisoners== Louise Aslanian, French-Armenian writer, poet, French Resistance fighter Alena Hájková, Czech Communist resistance fighter and historian Leipzig Memorial of Forced Labour official website. (Note: most of the site is not yet translated into English.) Gedenkstätte zur Erinnerung an die Zwangsarbeiter und Zwangsarbeiterinnen in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in Leipzig Częstochowa - former textile factory Pelzery, important HASAG production facilities HASAG-Außenlager des KZ Buchenwald in Colditz und Flößberg Geschichte und Erinnerung an den HASAG-Standort Flößberg Flößberg concentration camp memorial website HASAG Werk Schlieben Schlieben-Berga concentration camp memorial website Vergessener Rüstungsgigant – Die Leipziger HASAG | MDR DOK Documentary about memorial aspects of the HASAG industrial estate, forced labor, and Helmut Kohl's wife HASAG ammunition production list The list of WW2 German Waffenamt codes, numbers and manufacturers

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