Mauser Mauser K98 Bolt Action 7.92x57mm Mauser Rifle

*Deactivated* EU/UK spec Dated 1943 and the factory code of "bcd" for Gustloff Werke Weimar which was the factory based around 100 yards from Buchenwald Concentration camp. Over 3,000 inmates, largely Russians, French, and Poles, worked here day and night in mid 1944 in eleven-hour shifts. Supervised by German foremen, they assembled rifles, produced artillery components, and constructed fine mechanics for rockets. However, the output of operational weapons never met the ambitious expectations of the SS and the company directors.

Above the factory were barracks for the civilian workers hired as foremen.

The factory was almost completely destroyed by an attack of Allied bombers on August 24, 1944. Among the inmates, who were forced to remain in the factory during the bombardment, there were 315 mortalities and 525 severely injured. Afterwards it was only possible to partially resume production. After 1945 the complex was no longer in use.