Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May. It mainly held poli
Prisoners in the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, 19 December 1938
Main entrance
Photo of Sachsenhausen concentration camp, by the Royal Air Force, dated 1943. Exact date of photo is unknown.
If a prisoner stepped inside or beyond the neutral zone they were immediately executed.
Paul Reynaud
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Paul Reynaud was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his economic liberalism and vocal opposition to Nazi Germany.
Sachsenhausen concentration camp
…political prisoners throughout World War II. Prominent prisoners included Joseph Stalin's oldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvili; assassin Herschel Grynszpan; Paul Reynaud, the penultimate prime minister of the French Third Republic; Francisco Largo Caballero, prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish…
Reynaud in 1933