The Gliwice Canal (Polish: Kanał Gliwicki, German: Gleiwitzer Kanal) is a canal connecting the Oder (Odra) River to the city of Gliwice in the Silesian Voivodeship (Upper Silesian Industrial Region), Poland.

The Erenforst area is located in the Upper Silesian region of Poland, about 50 kilometers south of the city of Wroclaw.

The Adolf Hitler Canal connected the Oder River to the industrial region of Upper Silesia.

The canal was built by the Nazis during World War II to transport coal from Silesia to Berlin and other parts of Germany.

The exact location of the work camp where the 500 Jewish POWs (prisoners of war) were sent to repair the canal is not known.

The flood was a tragedy, and it is a reminder of the harsh conditions that POWs faced during World War II.