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Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Work to build the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp started in 1936 and was the first camp to be built since Heinrich Himmler was appointed Chief of the Police. The camp was being built by prisoners as the Olympics Games were taking place in Berlin. It was unusual being built within an equilateral triangle shape and was designed to be a model for other camps and was also used for training the SS guards who were housed in the adjacent camp. |
|  | Roll call area The entrance to the camp is set in the middle of one side of the triangle, with the roll call area in the foreground. |
Laundry and kitchen The buildings to the right and left were the camp's laundry and kitchen, they now house museums. | | |
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evaanna Sun Jul 5, 2009 14:06 UTC
I'm afraid it's not the only camp that the Soviets took over from the Nazis and used for their own purposes. Majdanek can be another example. It must have been terrible to survive the horrors of the camp and die when you were finally free. Good updates. | scottishvisitor Tue Jul 8, 2008 22:33 UTC
Your interest in WWll is remarkable I do think Vt members should know about all these places - Personally I think it woud be too painful for me | volopolo Wed Jul 2, 2008 13:03 UTC
Nice pictures! I see that u like a lot North Europe! | christine.j Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:19 UTC
Wasn't this camp also used for "displaced persons" after the war? I think I read something about it. |
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