Two Royal Air Force airmen (F/O Dennis H. Cochran, and F/L Anthony R. H. Hayter) who were involved in "The Great Escape" and murdered by the Gestapo after re-capture, were cremated at Natzweiler.
Glavna naloga paznic je bila varovati ženske, ki so jih v taborišče privedli zaradi medicinskih poskusov ali na usmrtitev.