Early Concentration Camps

Memorial museums at sites of early concentration camps demonstrate the significance of terror, imprisonment, and radical exclusion for the rapid transition from Weimar democracy to the Nazi dictatorship through the respective local history.

Beginning in March 1933, the SA, SS, and police often established early camps in restaurants, factory buildings, as well as  in existing prisons, barracks, and institutions that had been used for other purposes. The memorial museums address the role of early concentration camps in eliminating political opposition and intimidating the population. They also make show that these were places of violence where the careers of the perpetrators began.

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15 Memorials found
Memorial for the Köpenick Blood Week of June 1933
Puchanstraße 12, 12555 Berlin
Memorial museum
Police and Judiciary
Early Concentration Camps
[Translate to Englisch:] Bildnachweis: Gedenkstätte Breitenau, 2020, ©HLZ
Breitenau Memorial
Brückenstraße 12, 34302 Guxhagen
Memorial museum
Concentration Camps and Subcamps
Early Concentration Camps
[Translate to Englisch:] © KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
Alte Römerstraße 75, 85221 Dachau
Memorial museum
Concentration Camps and Subcamps
Early Concentration Camps
[Translate to Englisch:] © KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme (ÖA)
Fuhlsbüttel Concentration Camp and Prisons Memorial
Suhrenkamp 98, 22335 Hamburg
Memorial museum
Police and Judiciary
Early Concentration Camps
[Translate to Englisch:] Foto: Sebastian Lehner / Kreatives
Lichtenburg Prettin Concentration Camp Memorial
Prettiner Landstraße 4, 06925 Annaburg
Memorial museum
Concentration Camps and Subcamps
Early Concentration Camps
[Translate to Englisch:] © Verein Gedenkstätte für NS-Opfer in Neustadt e. V., Foto: Alice Fuß
Memorial for Nazi victims in Neustadt
Le Quartier-Hornbach 13A, 67433 Neustadt
Memorial museum
Concentration Camps and Subcamps
Early Concentration Camps
[Translate to Englisch:] © Trägerverein Gedenkstätte Ahrensbök / Gruppe 33 e.V., Foto: H. Matzen.
Memorial Museum Ahrensbök
Flachsröste 16, 23623 Ahrensbök
Memorial museum
Regional NS History
Early Concentration Camps
[Translate to Englisch:] © Stiftung Gedenkstätte Esterwegen | Schöning (2011/12)
Memorial of Esterwegen
Hinterm Busch 1, 26897 Esterwegen
Memorial museum
Concentration Camps and Subcamps
Early Concentration Camps
[Translate to Englisch:] © Museen Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Foto: Johannes Kramer
Memorial SA Prison Papestrasse
Werner-Voß-Damm 54A, 12101 Berlin
Memorial museum
Police and Judiciary
Early Concentration Camps
Memorial Sachsenburg
An d. Zschopau 6, 09669 Frankenberg
Memorial museum
Early Concentration Camps
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