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In the middle of January, the German city of Schwerte started to move asylum- seekers who had volunteered to be relocated into a branch of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Regional integration secretary Guntram Schneider had previously criticized the plan, saying the city's intentions would be misunderstood abroad. Birgit Naujoks, a representative of a local council of asylum- seekers, voiced similar skepticism about such projects, speaking to the Washington Post on Friday: " Generally, the use of former concentration- camp compounds as refugee centres awakens associations with the site's Nazi- era ( use), where people were forcefully herded together," she said. She added, however, the refugees living at the former death- camp compound in Schwerte were so far happy with their accommodations, despite its history. " They say that they have much more space there compared to the building they had previously lived in," Naujoks said. Schwerte's mayor had pursued his plans despite the criticism. At a news conference this month, he defended the plan to house the refugees at the prison- camp site. According to him, there were no short- term alternatives, given the growing influx of asylum- seekers into Germany. He added refugees were being accommodated in a house built after the Second World War on the grounds of the site, rather than a former concentration- camp barracks. The building was also used as a refugee centre nearly two decades ago. In Augsburg, city officials are trying to emphasize their good intentions. " One cannot only commemorate ( at this memorial site), one also has to act," city official Stefan Kiefer told local newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine , referring to the pressing need to find housing for refugees. According to the paper, local politicians welcomed the proposal, saying that turning the former barracks into a refugee centre would make it a " better memorial site than a museum would be." Antje Seubert, a representative of the Green party, celebrated the decision as a " victory over fascism." To understand why the accommodation of asylum- seekers on former concentration- camp sites is celebrated as a victory in Germany, one has to take a deeper look at the country's struggle to deal with a growing influx of refugees. In 2013 and 2014, more asylum claims were submitted in Germany than in any other country, leading to a shortage of available housing to accommodate the refugees. To absorb the growing number of asylum- seekers, city representatives have turned to such unusual alternatives as empty warehouses, military barracks and tents. Officials have also had to deal with protests by locals opposed to the mass accommodation. Some consider the current debate about the accommodation of refugees on former concentration- camp sites as overblown and a distraction from more pressing concerns. On Thursday, German newspaper Handelsblatt commented that the real, underlying problem was far worse than the accommodation of refugees in former death camps: " The use of decaying buildings, containers or even tents as refugee centres does neither enable people to live in dignity, nor will it promote assimilation." - The Washington Post New use for death camps controversial Nazi compounds host refugees By Rick Noack CHRISTOF STACHE / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE As asylum claims have increased in Germany, a shortage of housing has meant former death camps like Dachau are being used as refugee centres. A_ 07_ Jan- 31- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A7 1/ 30/ 15 10: 27: 54 PM ;