Oranienburg concentration camp

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Oranienburg concentration camp was one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis when they gained power in 1933. It held the Nazis' political opponents from the Berlin region.

It was established in the centre of the town of Oranienburg when the SA took over a disused factory (possibly a brewery). Passers-by were able to see inside the prison. Prisoners were marched through the town to perform forced labour on behalf of the local council.

The prison was taken over by the SS in July 1934, when the SA was suppressed by the regime. It was closed and subsequently replaced in the area by Sachsenhausen concentration camp. At closure, the prison had held over 3,000, of whom 16 had died.

[edit] References

• Meinel, Udo (2007). Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen (visitor leaflet). Gedenstatte und Museum Sachsenhausen. 

[edit] See also

• List of Nazi-German concentration camps