List of nazi concentration camps simple english wikipedia. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour from many countries occupied by germany including italian pows and evacuated survivors of eastern extermination camps. When dora became an independent camp in 1943, it had its own subcamp at ellrich. Holocaust survivors and victims database liste officielle. The camp, designed to hold 8,000 prisoners, was intended to replace several smaller concentration camps nearby, including bad sulza, sachsenburg, and lichtenburg. The dora trial, also the doranordhausen or dachau dora proceeding german. Holocaust survivors and victims database natzweilerstruthof. Over 100,000 spanish translations of english words and phrases. For my part, i was horrified to feel laughter rising. Camp concentration is one of those sf books that falls squarely into the literature category both for the eloquence of dischs writing and the timelessness of his ruminations on life and war. The mittelbau central construction concentration camp was the last main camp.
The real number of concentration and extermination camps. All known camps classified by country 19391945 borders are listed below. Mittelbaudora was a german nazi concentration camp located near nordhausen in thuringia. As far as i know, this book has never been published again or translated in english. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The first jews arrived with the founding of the town in 1624, in the 18 th century they were subjected to restrictions and to heavy taxes under the austrians from 1772. Text of museum booklet about dachau concentration camp. This huge list contains the names of hundreds concentration camps, external kommando or auxiliary camps and, when known, the names of the german companies who used inmates as slaves. Spanish translation of concentration camp the official collins englishspanish dictionary online.
Holocaust concentration camps, jewish history, books. Spanish translation of concentration camp collins english. Red cross workers move them to german air force hospital where their former captors are forced to care for them. List of major nazi concentration camps jewish virtual library. Approximately12,000 prisoners now occupied the doramittelbau camp. Jul 31, 2019 nazi concentration and death camps in eastern europe. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from concentration camp at the discogs marketplace. Mittelbaudora also doramittelbau and nordhausendora was a german nazi concentration camp located near nordhausen in thuringia, germany. Dachau, the first concentration camp in germany today, only forty years after the nationalsocialists seized absolute power in germany, the twelveyear dictatorship they established seems to many part of a bygone age, and the horrors of the concentration camps seem to retain real significance only for the victims who survived them, and for. At penig concentration camp, hungarian women and others display wounds. Although a police prison and work education camp, salaspils became comparable to a german concentration camp in the way the work was organized, the types of prisoners, as well as their treatment, as they recounted later. Numerous photographs, some of them historical, as well as drawings and accounts by survivors complement the text.
People were brought into mittelbaudora from august 1943, with increasing numbers arriving from buchenwald concentration camp until the end of. Mittelbaudora the national holocaust centre and museum. Former subcamp of ellrichjuliushutte mittelbaudora. Funny part from south park, cartman makes a concentration joke.
Feb 12, 20 welcome to the 2012 concentration camp time to put your flags down now and stop enslaving man we at 55 trillion, 6. Transport from dora concentration camp to ravensbruck concentration camp, 516 april, 1945. It was part of the buchenwald concentration camp network and the first nazi concentration camp liberated by u. Nowadays the former camp residents a documentation center with exhibits and archive. Conclusion facts about the camp camp life type of people at camp treatment of the jews largest subcamp of konzentrationslager mittelbaudora one of two camps located within the town of ellrich 6km northwest of niedersachswerfen near nordhausen established in spring 1944 near. Konzentrationslager, kl or kz throughout the territories it controlled before and during the second world war. Wurzburg during the holocaust the jews of wurzburg 1939 1943. Second, i was reminded of the ubiquity of concentration and death camps throughout the third reich. Il cree le sonderstab kammler et vient setablir a bischofferode, au pied du himmelberg. The boy in the striped pajamas by john boyne, rose under fire by elizabeth wein, the hiding place. A booklet with a brief history of the doranordhausen labor concentration camps and information on the nordhausen war crimes case of the united states of america versus arthur kurt andrae et al.
Jews concentrated in platzschengarten, awaiting deportation to the lublin district. Explore releases from concentration camp at discogs. Collections search united states holocaust memorial. Mar 23, 2020 it was strictly a concentration camp at first, but in 1942, the nazis built extermination facilities there.
Nazi concentration camp records identifier irn503592 language of description english alt. This section covers the history of major concentration camps. In the early summer of 1940, neuengamme became an independent camp, and it remained the main concentration camp in northwest germany until 1945. This volume on ellrich adds to an enormous local history of the intricacies of life under the nazis.
The mittelbau central construction concentration camp was the last main. Concentration camp osthofen was in service between 1933 and 1934 and was established in a paper factory. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the shapell center. Nazi germany maintained concentration camps german. At the end of 1938, the ss established a satellite camp of the sachsenhausen concentration camp in an abandoned brick factory in the neuengamme suburb of hamburg. A crematorium was built in this large sub camp due to the high death rate among prisoners even though it. Arrest, prison, concentration camps wwii netherlands escape. The european holocaust research infrastructure online portal. Concentration camp definition is a place where large numbers of people such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority are detained or confined under armed guard used especially in reference to camps created by the nazis in world war ii for the internment and persecution of jews and other prisoners. Lager borkum, lager helgoland, lager norderney, lager sylt. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour from many countries occupied by germany including italian pows and evacuated survivors of eastern extermination. Compared to these camps, buchenwald had a greater potential to profit the ss because the nearby clay deposits could be made into bricks by the forced labor of prisoners.
Rawa ruska is located in the lwow distrit, formerly it was part of poland, but today it is part of the ukraine. Publications dachau concentration camp memorial site. A booklet with a brief history of the dora nordhausen labor concentration camps and information on the nordhausen war crimes case of the united. Conclusion facts about the camp camp life type of people at camp treatment of the jews largest sub camp of konzentrationslager mittelbaudora one of two camps located within the town of ellrich 6km northwest of niedersachswerfen near nordhausen established in spring 1944 near. Nazi concentration and death camps in eastern europe. It does not include camps which were created for limited operations or time, as most of these were destroyed by the nazis. The network of concentration camps nazi conquest was marked by the establishment of concentration camps over all of europe. The first nazi camps were erected in germany in march 1933 immediately after hitler became chancellor and his nazi party was given control of the police by reich interior minister wilhelm frick and prussian acting interior minister. So perhaps horrified fascination describes the effect of her camp act. It was strictly a concentration camp at first, but in 1942, the nazis built extermination facilities there.
Ohrdruf concentration camp was a nazi forced labor and concentration camp located near weimar, germany. Nov 11, 2014 funny part from south park, cartman makes a concentration joke. The museums collections document the fate of holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Voices of the holocaust is a collection of interviews with holocaust survivors and other displaced persons conducted by dr. Besides the main camp dora, housing an average of 15,000 prisoners, the main subcamps were lager ellrich established 2 may 1944, averaging around. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slavic slave labour from many eastern countries occupied by germany including evacuated survivors of eastern extermination camps, for extending the nearby. Thoughtco jennifer rosenberg dachau, the first concentration camp, was established near munich in march 1933, two months after hitlers appointment as chancellor of germany. Auschwitz, on the other hand, was not built until 1940, but it soon became the largest of all the camps and was both a concentration and a death camp right from its construction. During the holocaust, it is estimated that the nazis established approximately 15,000 labor, death, and concentration camp.
Mittelbaudora concentration camp military wiki fandom. And i was in mortal combat with an impulse towards uncontrolled laughter. From the deportation album of the jews of mainfranken part of lower franconia. A booklet with a brief history of the doranordhausen.
Our attention to the young lady arose from either horror or fascination. Based on the latest research and written in a clear and succinct style, the brochure follows the history of the dachau concentration camp up until 1945 and the subsequent uses of the grounds from 1945 through to the present day. At leipsig concentration camp, there are piles of dead bodies, and many living russian, czechoslovakian, polish and french prisoners. Auschwitz, the most infamous nazi camp, was just one of more than 850 camps. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The establishment of mittelbaudora concentration camp was preceded by the. The booklet describes and depicts life and experiences in the largest nazi concentration camp for women, located about 60 miles north of berlin, as told by camp survivors.
The following report on the location of concentration, camps, signed by pohl, an ss general who was in charge of concentration camp labor policies, indicates the scope of. Ellrichjuliushutte concentration camp was the largest subcamp in the mittelbau complex. These data indicate that the concentration of camp under basal conditions is 1. As aachen was falling to the allies, doramittelbau was declared an independent concentration camp. This is a thoughtful novel that offers insights into human existence, and it will likely stay with readers long after they have turned the last page. After world war ii, the innergerman border cut straight through the. Concentration camp definition of concentration camp by. Ellrich is a town in the district of nordhausen, in thuringia, germany. In the autumn of 1942 the camp comprised 15 barracks of the 45 that were planned, housing 1,800 prisoners. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. This obscure book is illustrated with 5 pages of photos and covers the subjects life in the concentration. The mittelbaudora concentration camp complex was created in 1943, firstly as a sub camp of the buchenwald concentration camp, named the dora labour camp. Sellier bases his book on the oral histories collected in the doraellrich.
Dachaudora prozess was a war crimes trial conducted by the united states army in the aftermath of the collapse of the third reich. Encyclopedia of jewish and israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from antisemitism to zionism. Very few of the 600 internment camps from the first world war in britain are remembered in this way. There were 20 main concentration camps, plus another four extermination camp complexes. Galvin library at illinois institute of technology, features the text and audio of the interviews as well as maps, glossaries, and advanced searching and browsing features. It was located within central germany, near to the harz mountain range and the town of nordhausen. A booklet with a brief history of the dora nordhausen labor concentration camps and information on the nordhausen war crimes case. It took place between august 7 and december 30, 1947 on the site of the former dachau concentration camp, germany. Jul 02, 2017 for my part, i was horrified to feel laughter rising. A crematorium was built in this large sub camp due to the high death rate among prisoners even though it was close to the parent camp. How did these engineers and technicians justify using concentration camp labor to. Several subcamps, including ones located in harzungen, ellrich, niedersachswerfen, neusollstedt, and nordhausen the boelke kaserne were established. Concentration camp 194309 194504 60,000 20,000 min.