such as Steyr 1500A light truck. A subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp, KZ Siegmar-Schonau, was operated during the war to provide slave labour for the Wanderer vehicle plants. From 1943 on the Auto Union Siegmar plant produced Maybach HL230 V12 engines, used in many heavy tanks of the German Wehrmacht. The Wanderer Siegmar plant (now Chemnitz) of Auto Union was destroyed in early 1945, closing this chapter in the history of automobiles. Post-war efforts to restore East German auto industry concentrated on Auto Union facilities in Zwickau and Zschopau: Wanderer car production never recovered, with Auto Union relocating to Ingolstadt, West Germany, where the company was rebuilt based using the DKW and, ultimately, the Audi brand. Automobile models See also List of automobile manufacturers List of German cars Auto Union References External links Dates in the history of Wanderer - Audi USA AUTO UNION Sales Brochures 1939 Defunct motorcycle manufacturers of Germany Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1896 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1945 1896 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany Auto Union