Nazi concentration camps
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Nazi Germany built and operated a system of concentration camps between 1933 and 1945. In these camps, prisoners were held in inhumane conditions, with the majority of prisoners dying from causes incl
Prisoners guarded by SA men line up in the yard of Oranienburg, 6 April 1933
Heinrich Himmler inspects Dachau on 8 May 1936.
Prisoners at Sachsenhausen, 19 December 1938
Forced labor at Sachsenhausen brickworks
Theodor Eicke
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Theodor Eicke was a German military officer who served as both a senior SS functionary and a Waffen-SS divisional commander in Nazi Germany. He was a key figure in the development of Nazi concentratio
Eicke in 1942
Dachau entrance gate with the Arbeit Macht Frei ("Work sets you free") slogan commonly featured at Nazi concentration camps 48°16′06″N 11°28′01″E / 48.268347°N 11.466865°E / 48.268347; 11.466865 (Site of Dachau entrance with Arbeit Macht Frei "Work Makes Free" Gate)
Eicke and the SS Division Totenkopf in the Soviet Union in 1941