The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, Volume I

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This monumental 7-volume encyclopedia, the result of years of work by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will describe the universe of camps and ghettos—some 20,000 in all—that the Nazis and their allies operated, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia. For the first time, a single reference work will provide detailed information on each individual site.

This first volume covers three groups of camps: the early camps that the Nazis established in the first year of Hitler's rule, the major SS concentration camps with their constellations of subcamps, and the special camps for Polish and German children and adolescents. Overview essays provide context for each category, while each camp entry provides basic information about the site's purpose; the prisoners, guards, working and living conditions; and key events in the camp's history. Material from personal testimonies helps convey the character of the site, while source citations provide a path to additional information.

Foreword by Elie Wiesel
Preface
Acknowledgments
Overview
Reader's Guide
List of Abbreviations

Early Camps
Introduction
Camps: Ahrensbök-Holstendorf-Zwickau

Youth camps

WVHA Camps

Introduction

Auschwitz
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Altdorf-Tschechowitz

Bergen-Belsen
Main camp
Camps: Bomlitz-Unterlüss

Buchenwald
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Abteroda-Wolfen

Dachau
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Augsburg-Horgau-Zangberg

Flossenbürg
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Altenhammer-Zwodau

Gross-Rosen
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Aslau-Zittau

Herzogenbusch
Main camp
Camps: Amersfoort-Venlo

Hinzert
Main camp
Camps: Bad Nauheim-Zeltingen

Kaunas
Main camp
Camps: Kauen-Alexoten-Schaulen

Krakau-Plaszöw
Main camp
Camps: Kabelwerk-Zakopane

Lublin-Majdanek
Main camp
Camps: Blizyn-Trawniki

Mauthausen
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Amstetten-Wien-Schwechat-Heidfeld

Mittelbau
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Ballenstedt-Napola-Wickerode

Natzweiler
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Adun-le-Tiche-Wesserling

Neuengamme
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Alt Garge-Wöbbelin

Ravensbrück
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Ansbach-Zichow

Riga
Main camp
Camps: Dondangen-VEF

Sachsenhausen
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Bad Saarow-Wulkow

SS-Baubrigaden
Introduction
Camps: Alderney-Wuppertal

Stutthof
Main camp
Subcamp system
Camps: Adlershorst-Zeyersvorderkampen

Vaivara
Main camp
Camps: Aseri-Vivikonna

Warschau

Wewelsburg

Appendices
International Tracing Service Sources Update
About the Editor
List of Contributors

Index

Sujets

• 20th Century
• Jewish Studies
• Jewish
• Modern
• Holocaust
• HISTORY
• Histoire
• Jews
• The Holocaust
• Modern history
• Obermodern-Zutzendorf
• Holocauste
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 22 mai 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9780253003508
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 20 Mo

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAMPS AND GHETTOS, 1933-1945
General Editor Geoffrey P. Megargee
A PROJECT OF THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Sara J. Bloomfield, Director
THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED HOLOCAUST STUDIES
Paul A. Shapiro, Director
J rgen Matth us, Director of Research
Peter Black, Senior Historian
Robert M. Ehrenreich, Director of University Programs
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Chair
Doris L. Bergen
Richard Breitman
Christopher R. Browning
David Engel
Willard A. Fletcher
Zvi Y. Gitelman
Alfred Gottschalk
Peter Hayes
Susannah Heschel
Sara R. Horowitz
Steven T. Katz
William S. Levine
Deborah E. Lipstadt
Michael R. Marrus
John T. Pawlikowski
Harry Reicher
Aron Rodrigue
George D. Schwab
Nechama Tec
James E. Young
All art above from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Photos courtesy of Lydia Chagoll.
THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Encyclopedia of CAMPS AND GHETTOS, 1933-1945
VOLUME I
Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA)
Part A
Volume Editor Geoffrey P. Megargee
Advisory Committee
Doris L. Bergen
Christopher R. Browning
David Engel
Willard A. Fletcher
Peter Hayes
Michael R. Marrus
Nechama Tec
Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Early camps, youth camps, and concentration camps and subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA) / editor, Geoffrey P. Megargee; foreword by Elie Wiesel.
p. cm.-(The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945; v. 1)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Concentration camps-Europe. 2. World War, 1939-1945-Concentration camps-Europe. I. Megargee, Geoffrey P., [date]
D805.A2E195 2009
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For the victims of the Holocaust and for the survivors who became the eyewitnesses to this devastating period of history.
Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, lest you forget the things your eyes saw, and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life, and you shall make them known to your children, and to your children s children.
-Deuteronomy 4:9
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
PART A
List of Maps
Foreword by Elie Wiesel
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editor s Introduction to the Series and Volume I
Reader s Guide to Using the Encyclopedia
SECTION I: THE EARLY NATIONAL SOCIALIST CONCENTRATION CAMPS
INTRODUCTION TO THE EARLY CAMPS
Camps: Ahrensb k-Holstendorf-Zwickau
SECTION II: CAMPS AND SUBCAMPS UNDER THE SS-INSPECTORATE OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS/BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAIN OFFICE
THE GENESIS AND STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST CONCENTRATION CAMPS
ARBEITSDORF MAIN CAMP
AUSCHWITZ I MAIN CAMP
AUSCHWITZ II-BIRKENAU MAIN CAMP
AUSCHWITZ III-MONOWITZ MAIN CAMP [ AKA BUNA]
AUSCHWITZ SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Altdorf-Tschechowitz
BERGEN-BELSEN MAIN CAMP
Camps: Bomlitz-Unterl ss
BUCHENWALD MAIN CAMP
BUCHENWALD SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Abteroda-Wolfen
DACHAU MAIN CAMP
DACHAU SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Augsburg-Zangberg
FLOSSENB RG MAIN CAMP
FLOSSENB RG SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Altenhammer-Zwodau
GROSS-ROSEN MAIN CAMP
GROSS-ROSEN SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Aslau-Zittau
HERZOGENBUSCH MAIN CAMP ( AKA VUGHT)
Camps: Amersfoort-Venlo
HINZERT MAIN CAMP
Camps: Bad Nauheim-Zeltingen
KAUEN MAIN CAMP ( AKA KAUNAS, KOVNO, KOWNO, ALSO SLOBODKA)
Camps: Kauen-Alexoten-Schaulen
PART B
KRAKAU-PLASZOW MAIN CAMP
Camps: Kabelwerk Krakau-Zab ocie
LUBLIN MAIN CAMP ( AKA MAJDANEK)
Camps: Bli yn-Trawniki
MAUTHAUSEN MAIN CAMP
MAUTHAUSEN SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Amstetten-Wien-Schwechat
MITTELBAU MAIN CAMP [ AKA DORA]
MITTELBAU SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Artern-Wickerode
NATZWEILER-STRUTHOF MAIN CAMP [ AKA NATZWEILER, STRUTHOF]
NATZWEILER SUBCAMP SYSTEM
GRUPPE W STE COMPLEX
Camps: Audun-le-Tiche-Wesserling
NEUENGAMME MAIN CAMP
NEUENGAMME SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Alt-Garge-W bbelin
RAVENSBR CK MAIN CAMP
RAVENSBR CK SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Ansbach-Zichow
RIGA-KAISERWALD MAIN CAMP ( AKA ME APARKS)
Camps: Dondangen-Riga
SACHSENHAUSEN MAIN CAMP
SACHSENHAUSEN SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Bad Saarow-Wulkow
SS-BAUBRIGADEN AND SS-EISENBAHNBAUBRIGADEN
Camps: Alderney-Wuppertal
STUTTHOF MAIN CAMP
STUTTHOF SUBCAMP SYSTEM
Camps: Adlershorst-Zeyersvorderkampen
VAIVARA MAIN CAMP
Camps: Aseri-Vivikonna OT
WARSCHAU MAIN CAMP
WEWELSBURG MAIN CAMP ( AKA NIEDERHAGEN)
SECTION III: YOUTH CAMPS
INTRODUCTION TO YOUTH CAMPS
Camps: Litzmannstadt-Uckermark
A Note on the Recently Opened International Tracing Service Documentation
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
About the Editor
Names Index
Places Index
Organizations and Enterprises Index
CONTENTS
PART A

List of Maps
Foreword by Elie Wiesel
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editor s Introduction to the Series and Volume I
Reader s Guide to Using the Encyclopedia
SECTION I: THE EARLY NATIONAL SOCIALIST CONCENTRATION CAMPS
INTRODUCTION TO THE EARLY CAMPS

Ahrensb k-Holstendorf
Alt Daber
Altenberg
Ankenbuck
Anrath bei Krefeld
Bad Sulza
Bamberg
Bautzen (Kupferhammer)
Bayreuth (St. Georgen)
Benninghausen
Bergisch Gladbach [aka Stellawerk]
Bergkamen-Sch nhausen
Berlin (General-Pape-Strasse)
Berlin-Charlottenburg (Maikowski-Haus)
Berlin-K penick
Berlin-Kreuzberg (Friedrichstrasse Nr. 234)
Berlin-Kreuzberg (Hedemannstrasse)
Berlin-Pl tzensee
Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg [aka Wasserturm]
Berlin-Spandau
Berlin-Tiergarten (Universum-Landesausstellungspark)
Bochum
B rgermoor [aka Papenburg I]
B rnicke [also Meissnershof]
Brandenburg an der Havel
Brauweiler
Breitenau
Breslau-D rrgoy
Colditz
Columbia-Haus
Dresden (Mathildenstrasse)
D sseldorf (Ulmenstrasse) [aka Ulmer H h]
Erfurt (Petersberg and Feldstrasse)
Esterwegen, IKL
Esterwegen II [aka Papenburg II]
Esterwegen III [aka Papenburg III]
Eutin
Fuhlsb ttel [aka Hamburg-Fuhlsb ttel]
Gl ckstadt
Gollnow
Gotteszell
Gr fenhainichen
Greater N rnberg Camps
Gumpertshof
Hainewalde
Hainichen
Halle (Merseburger und Paracelciusstrasse)
Hamburg ( Stadthaus und Untersuchungsgef ngnis )
Hammerstein
Hassenberg
Havelberg
Heinersdorf
Heuberg [aka Stetten am kalten Markt]
Hohnstein
Kislau
Kleve
K ln (Bonner Wall)
K ln (Klingelp tz)
K ln (Mozartstrasse) [aka Braunes Haus]
K nigsbr ck bei Dresden
K nigstein
Kuhlen [aka Rickling, Falkenried, Innere Mission]
Landau [aka Schutzhaftlager in der Landauer Fortkaserne]
Langl tjen II
Leipzig
Leschwitz bei G rlitz [aka Weinh bel]
Lichtenburg
Magdeburg
Missler (Walsroder Strasse) [aka Bremen-Findorf]
Moringen-Solling (men)
Moringen-Solling (women)
M nchen (Ettstrasse)
M nchen-Stadelheim
Neustadt an der Haardt [aka Rheinpfalz]
Neusustrum [aka Papenburg V]
Nohra
Oberfranken and Unterfranken Camps
Ochtumsand
Oelsnitz im Erzgebirge
Oldenburg
Oranienb