During World War II a small concentration camp was located near the village. In 1951, Nikolaus Schorn was convicted of the murder of Jewish slave laborers in the Donnerskirchen camp in January, 1945, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Schorn was head of the camp. Most of his victims were Hungarian Jews.[3][4]
^"Donnerskirchen. Der zweite Prozeß" [Donnerskirchen. The second process]. Forschen & Erinnern [Research & Remember] (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2019.