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Concentration camps

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Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps ("Konzentrationslager" or "KZ") throughout the territories it controlled before and during World War II.

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Reports & Analysis

The gate of the former Dachau concentration camp with the words 'Arbeit macht frei'

Dachau: 90 years on, the warning remains

Dachau: 90 years on, the warning remains

In 1933, the Nazis set up one of the first concentration camps in Dachau, near Munich — the start of a system of terror.
HistoryMarch 21, 2023
Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (l) and Franziska Giffey, Governing Mayor of Berlin, lay wreaths at the memorial for homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism in Tiergarten

LGBTQ People: Germany's long-forgotten victims of the Nazis

LGBTQ People: Germany's long-forgotten victims of the Nazis

Gays, lesbians, and other LGBTQ minorities are in focus at this year's commemoration of those persecuted by the Nazis.
HistoryJanuary 27, 2023
Hand holding to smart phone with screen that treads Tiktok.

Holocaust remembrance on TikTok

Holocaust remembrance on TikTok

How Holocaust survivors and concentration camp memorial sites are reaching young users on TikTok in 30 seconds.
CultureJanuary 26, 2023
Holocaust survivor Arie Pinsker points to shoes at the Auschwitz memorial

Auschwitz: Saving the soles of lives lost

Auschwitz: Saving the soles of lives lost

New efforts have been launched to preserve the shoes of thousands of the youngest Holocaust victims.
SocietyOctober 2, 2022
A 101-year-old former guard of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp appears in the courtroom, his face covered with a blue folder

Ex-Nazi camp guard sentenced to 5 years in jail

Ex-Nazi camp guard sentenced to 5 years in jail

The 101-year-old pensioner is the oldest person so far to be charged with war crimes of the Holocaust.
CrimeJune 28, 2022
Slovenien writer Boris Pahor wearing a cap and glasses.

Holocaust chronicler Boris Pahor dies at 108

Holocaust chronicler Boris Pahor dies at 108

The Slovenian novelist and concentration camp survivor bore witness to the atrocities of the 20th century.
HistoryMay 31, 2022
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In the spotlight

A guard tower at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz's harrowing history

On January 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated the prisoners in Auschwitz. What they found was unfathomable.
HistoryJanuary 27, 2022
The German-Sinti Bamberger family sitting for a photo, Margarethe sits in the front row on the left

Europe remembers Sinti, Roma murdered in WWII

On August 2, 1944, 4,300 Sinti and Roma were killed in the gas chambers of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
HistoryAugust 2, 2021
Skip next section Opinion

Opinion

Volos 2018 | Luisa von Richthofen

Opinion: Historic verdict in one of the last Nazi trials

Luisa von Richthofen
Commentary
PoliticsDecember 20, 2022
Romani Rose

Xenophobia, nationalism can only be defeated together

Romani Rose
Guest commentary
SocietyAugust 2, 2020
Felix Steiner

Nazi pogroms: They just looked on

Felix Steiner
Commentary
HistoryNovember 9, 2018
Marcel Fürstenau

Mandatory school trips to Auschwitz?

Marcel Fürstenau
Commentary
HistoryJanuary 13, 2018