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
The Concentration Camps Inspectorate or in German, IKL was the central Schutzstaffel administrative and managerial authority for the concentration camps of the Third Reich. Created by Theodor Eicke, i
Gestapo headquarters on Prinz-Albrecht-Straße in Berlin, 1933. The CCI moved into these offices in May 1934
Concentration Camp Inspector Theodor Eicke
Inspection by the Nazi party and Himmler at Dachau on 8 May 1936.
The T-building in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, home of the Concentration Camps Inspectorate from 1938