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Dachausearch for term

The first durable concentration camp, near Munich, Germany, opened in late March 1933. At first, political opponents were interned in DachauThe first durable concentration camp, near Munich, Germany, opened in late March 1933. At first, political opponents were interned in Dachau. Gradually more groups were incarcerated there. In Dachau, there was no mass extermination program, but out of a total of 206,206 registered prisoners, there were 31,591 registered deaths. However, the total number of deaths in Dachau, including victims of individual and mass executions and death marches, will never be fully known. On April 29, 1945, the camp was liberated by units of the U.S. Seventh Army.. Gradually more groups were incarcerated there. In Dachau, there was no mass extermination program, but out of a total of 206,206 registered prisoners, there were 31,591 registered deaths. However, the total number of deaths in Dachau, including victims of individual and mass executions and death marches, will never be fully known. On April 29, 1945, the camp was liberated by units of the U.S. Seventh Army.

Death Marches search for term

Forced evacuationNazi euphemism for deportation. The forced relocation of Jews and Gypsies as well as Slavic native populations from their homes to other localities, usually to ghettos or concentration camps, labor camps and killing centers. Nazis referred to deportations as "evacuations" or "resettlements" to disguise this component of mass murder. marches by foot and train from concentration camps, usually at or shortly before liberation. Prisoners were usually driven westward or southward toward Germany from the eastern camps as they were about to be liberated by the advancing Soviet and other Allied armies. The mortality rates on these evacuations were very high, caused by hunger, exposure, shooting by SSThe SS started as guard detachments formed in 1925 to act as Hitler's personal guard. From 1929 on, under Heinrich Himmler, the SS developed into the elite units of the Nazi party. These Nazi paramilitary, black-shirted storm troops used two symbols copied from Teutonic runes -- a parallel, jagged double S usually used as a warning for high-tension wires or lightning. The SS was built into a giant organization by Himmler and provided the staff for the police, concentration camp guards and fighting units [Waffen SS]. guards, and the chaos of the last months of the war.

Synonyms: Death March, Deathmarch, Todesmarsch, Todesmärsche
Degenerate Music search for term

Title of a Düsseldorf exhibit shown as part of the "Reich Music Days" in 1938. A defamatory Nazi concept used to designate modern avant-garde music, jazz and swing musicIn the late 1930s, dissident teenagers in Hamburg, Berlin and other German cities who did not belong to the Hitler Youth participated in prohibited swing dance and jazz music activities. Swing music was considered "ungerman" and "degenerate." Most of the Hamburg teenagers were from elite schools and wealthy families and they defied Nazi social conventions, since jazz was a symbol of political disobedience and resistance. Many of these teenagers were arrested and later confined in concentration camps, such as Moringen and Uckermark..

Synonyms: Entartete Musik
Delousing Station search for term

Special barracks designated to disinfect prisoner clothing in order to combat typhus epidemics, since such epidemics could potentially also spread to SSThe SS started as guard detachments formed in 1925 to act as Hitler's personal guard. From 1929 on, under Heinrich Himmler, the SS developed into the elite units of the Nazi party. These Nazi paramilitary, black-shirted storm troops used two symbols copied from Teutonic runes -- a parallel, jagged double S usually used as a warning for high-tension wires or lightning. The SS was built into a giant organization by Himmler and provided the staff for the police, concentration camp guards and fighting units [Waffen SS]. guard personnel.

Synonyms: Entlausungsstation
Deportationsearch for term

The forced relocation of Jews and Gypsies as well as Slavic native populations from their homes to other localities, usually to ghettos or concentration camps, labor camps and killing centers. Nazis referred to deportations as "evacuations" or "resettlements" to disguise this component of mass murder.

Dietrich Bonhoeffersearch for term

Born in 1906. Protestant theologian and one of the founders of the anti-Nazi Confessing Church in Germany after 1933. He was also involved in smuggling 15 Jews to Switzerland in 1942, which led to his arrest in early April 1943. After the July 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler, Bonhoeffer was sent to BuchenwaldA concentration camp opened in 1937 on the Ettersberg hillside overlooking Weimar, Germany. The first German and Austrian Jewish prisoners arrived in 1938, German and Austrian Gypsy prisoners were deported there after July 1938. During the war, nearly 65,000 of Buchenwald's 250,000 prisoners perished, others died in its more than 130 satellite labor camps. Buchenwald was one of the few major camps where prisoners rebelled in the days preceding liberation by units of the U.S. Army on April 11, 1945. concentration camp. He was subsequently transferred to FlossenbürgNazi concentration camp for men, opened in May 1938, located in northeastern Bavaria. After 1943, women prisoners were also incarcerated at Flossenbürg, which eventually had more than 100 auxiliary labor camps. A total of 96,716 prisoners was registered, 30,000 of these prisoners were killed there. In the last year, 1,500 political prisoners, including Dietrich Bonhoeffer and members of the 1944 plot against Hitler, were executed there. The camp was liberated by U.S. 90th Infantry Divisions on April 23, 1945. concentration camp, where he was executed on April 9, 1945.

Displaced Personssearch for term

A survivor of a concentration or labor camp. Millions of displaced personsA survivor of a concentration or labor camp. Millions of displaced persons were encountered by the Allies when they entered the German Reich, most were repatriated within the first four months of the war's end. were encountered by the Allies when they entered the German Reich, most were repatriated within the first four months of the war's end.

Synonyms: D.P., DP
DNBsearch for term

Abbreviation for Deutsches NachrichtenbüroAbbreviation for Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro GmbH [the German News Agency]. It was founded on December 5, 1933, merging the Continental Telegraph Company and Wolffs Telegraphic Bureau. The Nazi government distributed all official announcements via the DNB. GmbH [the German News Agency]. It was founded on December 5, 1933, merging the Continental Telegraph Company and Wolffs Telegraphic Bureau. The Nazi government distributed all official announcements via the DNB.

Synonyms: Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro, Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro GmbH, German News Agency, Nachrichtenbüro