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Neuengammesearch for term

A concentration camp near Hamburg, Germany, opened in December 1938, initially as a satellite of SachsenhausenConcentration camp for men opened in 1936. Located in Oranienburg, a suburb of Berlin and the site of an earlier "wild" concentration camp, Sachsenhausen was adjacent to the Inspectorate of the Concentration Camps. It held about 200,000 prisoners, of whom 100,000 perished. It was liberated by the Soviet army in late April 1945. concentration camp. NeuengammeA concentration camp near Hamburg, Germany, opened in December 1938, initially as a satellite of Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Neuengamme became an independent camp in June 1940. British troops liberated Neuengamme on May 4, 1945. became an independent camp in June 1940. British troops liberated Neuengamme on May 4, 1945.

Neustadt-Glewesearch for term

A subcamp of RavensbrückConcentration camp for women opened near Fürstenberg, 56 miles north of Berlin, in May 1939. It was constructed on reclaimed swampland and built by male prisoners from Sachsenhausen during the winter of 1938-1939. Designed to hold 15,000 prisoners, Ravensbrück eventually held more than 120,000 women from 23 nations. The prisoners included political prisoners, Roma and Sinti, Jews, and Jehovah's Witnesses. It included a separate men's camp, a children's camp at Uckermark, and, from January to April 1945, a killing center. It was liberated by the Soviet Army in late April 1945. concentration camp that existed from September 1944 to May 1945, where prisoners were forced to work at the local airfield, in a Dornier airplane parts factory and preparing anti-tank ditches. The prisoners included Polish female political prisonersGerman and foreign political opponents of the Nazi regime were frequently arrested and sent to jails, labor and concentration camps. Their prisoner uniform had a red triangle, often with the initial for their country of origin (P for Poland, I for Italy). deported from Warsaw in September 1944, Jewish prisoners evacuated from AuschwitzA complex of concentration, labor and extermination camps located approximately 40 miles west of Cracow in Upper Silesia (Poland). Established in 1940 as a concentration camp, it became a killing center in 1942. Auschwitz I was the central camp. Auschwitz II, also known as Birkenau, was the killing center. Auschwitz III, or Monowitz, was the IG Farben labor camps, also known as BUNA. In addition, there were numerous subsidiary camps. Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet Army on January 27, 1945. in December 1944 and January 1945, and Dutch, French, Greek, German, Hungarian, Russian, and Ukrainian political prisoners.

Night and Fogsearch for term

The Night and Fog DecreeThe Night and Fog Decree was an order issued on December 7, 1941 to seize "persons endangering German security," who were not to be executed immediately but were to vanish without a trace. It was applied against members of the resistance in western Europe. About 7,000 people, mostly French resistance fighters, were murdered in this operation. was an order issued on December 7, 1941 to seize "persons endangering German security," who were not to be executed immediately but were to vanish without a trace. It was applied against members of the resistance in western Europe. About 7,000 people, mostly French resistance fighters, were murdered in this operation.

Synonyms: Nacht und Nebel, Night and Fog Decree
November 1938 pogromsearch for term

Also known as "night of broken glass," or Crystal NightAlso known as "night of broken glass," or Crystal Night. This pogrom against Jewish synagogues and businesses as well as organized vandalism against Jewish homes was unleashed in Germany and Austria on November 9-10, 1938. More than 28,000 Jewish men were arrested and deported to concentration camps, several thousand German Jewish women were held in municipal jails, and 91 Jews were killed in the violence.. This pogrom against Jewish synagogues and businesses as well as organized vandalism against Jewish homes was unleashed in Germany and Austria on November 9-10, 1938. More than 28,000 Jewish men were arrested and deported to concentration camps, several thousand German Jewish women were held in municipal jails, and 91 Jews were killed in the violence.

Synonyms: 9. November 1938, Crystal Night, Kristallnacht, Night of broken glass
Nuremberg lawssearch for term

The two laws issued in 1935 to further legal exclusion from German life of persons considered alien, drawing a distinction between so-called Aryans (persons with "German or related blood") and so-called non-Aryans. These laws reduced the rights of German Jews, since they could no longer vote or hold office, although they retained the right to German passports. These laws were proclaimed at the annual Nazi party rally in Nuremberg on September 15, 1935. They were also implemented against German Gypsies and Afro-Germans.

Nuremberg trialssearch for term

The International Military Tribunal (opened in Berlin on October 18, 1945 and then continued in Nuremberg from November 1945 until October 1946) and also the twelve "successor" trials prosecuted by the United States between December 1946 and April 1949 against leaders of the Third Reich ministries, the military, industrial concerns, German legal and medical professions, and the SS.