Osthofen concentration camp
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The Osthofen concentration camp was an early Nazi concentration camp in Osthofen, close to Worms, Germany. It was established in March 1933 in a former paper factory. The camp was administered by the
Entrance to concentration camp memorial, 2019.
The hall in which prisoners used to sleep
Furniture factory lettering on the wall of the memorial site
Carlo Mierendorff
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Carlo Mierendorff was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party during the Weimar Republic. An intellectual activist and regional politician in the People's State of Hesse, he played a major
Osthofen concentration camp
…especially Jews. For example, Ernst Katz was severely beaten on Yom Kippur and forced to eat pork after he regained consciousness. The SPD politician Carlo Mierendorff was forced to straighten nails that his fellow prisoners had to bend. He was also beaten at night by assailants who were claimed to be communists, but…
Mierendorff c. 1932
Bust of Mierendorff in the Justus-Liebig-Haus in Darmstadt