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A collection of articles on Concentration camps throughout Europe. Death camps, prison camps, POW camps, Forced labor camps and more.

Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp – Vught, Netherlands

Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch or Kamp Vught in Dutch was one of three concentration camps built west of the German …

Posted July 31, 2024 by Patrick

Hinzert Concentration Camp – Hinzert-Pölert, Germany

Hinzert concentration camp, officially known as SS-Sonderlager Hinzert (Eng. Special SS Camp Hinzert), was a Nazi concentration camp …

Posted July 24, 2024 (updated July 31, 2024) by Patrick

Sachsenhausen Concentration camp – Oranienburg, Germany

Sachsenhausen concentration camp, located in Oranienburg, Germany, stands as a grim reminder of the atrocities committed during the …

Posted March 29, 2024 (updated April 21, 2024) by Patrick

Ravensbrück Concentration Camp – Womens camp – Fürstenberg-Havel, Germany

Ravensbrück, located in northern Germany, was a concentration camp primarily for women, established by the Nazis in 1938/1939. …

Posted March 26, 2024 (updated October 30, 2024) by Patrick

Former Railway Platform of KZ Farge – Bremen, Germany

Between 1943 and April 1945 forced laborers of KZ Farge were transported from this platform to the "Valentin" …

Posted June 9, 2023 (updated June 9, 2023) by Pascal

Marinegemeinschaftslager II or Navy Community Camp II – Bremen, Neuenkirchen, Germany

Naval Community Camp (MGL) II was set up by Organization Todt (O.T.) as early as 1939, to house …

Posted June 9, 2023 (updated June 14, 2023) by Pascal

Kriegsmarine Oil Tank “Bunker 7” at KZ Farge – Bremen, Farge, Germany

There are multiple of these concrete oil tanks of the Kriegsmarine in the area of the former KZ …

Posted June 4, 2023 by Pascal

The Former Entrance of KZ Farge, Subcamp of Neuengamme Concentration Camp – Bremen, Germany

Between October 1943 and April 1945 this location was the entrance to Neuengamme concentration camp's subcamp Bremen-Farge. [...]Read …

Posted June 3, 2023 (updated June 4, 2023) by Pascal

Naval Community Camp I and Soviet POW Camp – Bremen, Farge, Germany

This memorial commemorates two camps "Naval Community camp I" (Ger: Marinegemeinschaftslager I) and the "Soviet POW camp" of …

Posted June 3, 2023 by Pascal

Former Entrance of the KZ-Farge “Labor Education” Camp – Bremen, Farge, Germany

At this location was the entrance to the Bremen-Farge "labor education" camp run by the SS and the …

Posted June 3, 2023 (updated June 3, 2023) by Pascal

Memorial Stone to Commemorate the Victims of KZ-Farge – Bremen, Rekum, Germany

This memorial stone commemorates the victims of KZ-Farge (a.k.a. KZ-Bremen-Farge), a former sub camp of Neuengamme Concentration Camp. …

Posted June 3, 2023 (updated June 4, 2023) by Pascal

German Panzers in front of a workshop in Oksbol

The largest refugee camp in Denmark – Oksbøl Varde Denmark

German civilians are forced out, killed, raped and robbed from their homes. Unknown to the masses but it …

Posted January 30, 2022 (updated March 27, 2023) by Patrick

Zaspa Cemetery – KZ Stutthof – Victims of Hitler’s Terror – Gdansk, Poland

In the Polsich city Gdansk is a cemetery in honour of the victims of concentration camp Stutthof. Concentrations …

Posted May 21, 2018 (updated April 6, 2024) by Patrick

Adolf Hitler’s Birthplace in Braunau am Inn, Austria

In this building situated in the Upper-Austrian city of Braunau am Inn (then the Austria-Hungarian empire) Adolf Hitler …

Posted August 4, 2017 (updated April 7, 2023) by Pascal

Dachau Concentration Camp – Bavaria, Germany

Concentration Camp Dachau or KZ Dachau in German was the first complete concentration camp the Germans build. The …

Posted March 20, 2016 (updated December 6, 2024) by Patrick

Concentration camp Gross-Rosen main gate

Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen – Rogoźnica, Poland

Gross-Rosen started out as subcamp in August 1940 of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen north of Berlin. A year …

Posted November 15, 2015 (updated May 28, 2023) by Patrick

KZ-Arbeitslager Karlshagen I – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

To compensate the growing shortage of laborers to work in the Peenemünde test facilities, forced laborers were put …

Posted August 20, 2014 (updated May 14, 2024) by Pascal

A clear warning saying "Stop! If you go any further you will be shot!"

Fort Breendonk, Willebroek, Belgium

Breendonk was built as part of the fortification defence to protect the city of Antwerp and especially the …

Posted March 28, 2014 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick