Labour & Concentration Camps

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World War II labour and concentration camps were central to the system of repression and terror created by Nazi Germany and its allies. These camps were established across occupied Europe to imprison, exploit, and eliminate groups considered undesirable by the Nazi regime, including Jews, political opponents, Roma, homosexuals, disabled people, and prisoners of war.

Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp – Vught, Netherlands

Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch or Kamp Vught in Dutch was one of three concentration camps built west of the German …

Posted July 31, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Hinzert Concentration Camp – Hinzert-Pölert, Germany

Hinzert concentration camp, officially known as SS-Sonderlager Hinzert (Eng. Special SS Camp Hinzert), was a Nazi concentration camp …

Posted July 24, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Sachsenhausen Concentration camp – Oranienburg, Germany

Sachsenhausen concentration camp, located in Oranienburg, Germany, stands as a grim reminder of the atrocities committed during the …

Posted March 29, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Ravensbrück Concentration Camp – Womens camp – Fürstenberg-Havel, Germany

Ravensbrück, located in northern Germany, was a concentration camp primarily for women, established by the Nazis in 1938/1939. …

Posted March 26, 2024 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick

Former Railway Platform of KZ Farge – Bremen, Germany

Between 1943 and April 1945 forced laborers of KZ Farge were transported from this platform to the "Valentin" …

Posted June 9, 2023 (updated February 22, 2025) by Pascal

Marinegemeinschaftslager II or Navy Community Camp II – Bremen, Neuenkirchen, Germany

Naval Community Camp (MGL) II was set up by Organization Todt (O.T.) as early as 1939, to house …

Posted June 9, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

The Former Entrance of KZ Farge, Subcamp of Neuengamme Concentration Camp – Bremen, Germany

Between October 1943 and April 1945 this location was the entrance to Neuengamme concentration camp's subcamp Bremen-Farge. [...]Read …

Posted June 3, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

Naval Community Camp I and Soviet POW Camp – Bremen, Farge, Germany

This memorial commemorates two camps "Naval Community camp I" (Ger: Marinegemeinschaftslager I) and the "Soviet POW camp" of …

Posted June 3, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

Former Entrance of the KZ-Farge “Labor Education” Camp – Bremen, Farge, Germany

At this location was the entrance to the Bremen-Farge "labor education" camp run by the SS and the …

Posted June 3, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Pascal

Mittersill Castle, Schloss Mittersill – Austria

From 1943 a SS department from the Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler organization who were occupied with the research of …

Posted April 9, 2023 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

SS-Barracks – Nuremberg, Germany

In 1933 it was decided to construct a large SS-Barracks building near the NSDAP Rally Grounds at the …

Posted February 5, 2023 (updated January 12, 2026) by Pascal

German Panzers in front of a workshop in Oksbol

The largest refugee camp in Denmark – Oksbøl Varde Denmark

German civilians are forced out, killed, raped and robbed from their homes. Unknown to the masses but it …

Posted January 30, 2022 (updated January 14, 2026) by Patrick

Colditz Castle, Oflag IV-C, Colditz in Saxony – Germany

When the Nazi's came to power in 1933 they turned Colditz Castle into a political prison to house …

Posted May 14, 2016 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

Stalag Luft III - Tunnel Harry and Guard Tower

The Great Escape, Stalag Luft III – Zagan, Poland

Stalag Luft III was a POW camp build especially for Allied airmen in the vicinity of Zagan in …

Posted May 8, 2016 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

Dachau Concentration Camp – Bavaria, Germany

Concentration Camp Dachau or KZ Dachau in German was the first complete concentration camp the Germans built. The …

Posted March 20, 2016 (updated January 7, 2026) by Patrick

Concentration camp Gross-Rosen main gate

Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen – Rogoźnica, Poland

Gross-Rosen started out as subcamp in August 1940 of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen north of Berlin. A year …

Posted November 15, 2015 (updated January 6, 2026) by Patrick

KZ-Arbeitslager Karlshagen I – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

To compensate the growing shortage of laborers to work in the Peenemünde test facilities, forced laborers were put …

Posted August 20, 2014 (updated January 6, 2026) by Pascal

Fort Breendonk, Willebroek, Belgium

Breendonk was built as part of the fortification defence to protect the city of Antwerp and especially the …

Posted March 28, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick