Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Photo of Sachsenhausen concentration camp, by the royal air force, dated 1943. Exact date of photo is unknown.

Sachsenhausen concentration camp (officially called Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen, or KZ Sachsenhausen) was a Nazi concentration camp that existed from 1936 to 1945. It was located near Oranienburg, just north of Berlin. Even though it was located in Oranienburg, it is different from Oranienburg concentration camp.

Between 1936 and 1945, over 200.000 people were detained at KZ Sachsenhausen. Medical experiments were carried out in KZ Sachsenhausen to test the effectiveness of drugs. People from Sachsenhausen were also forced to help produce goods used for war (such as weapons, or ammunition).

List of notable inmates

• Stepan Bandera, Andriy Melnyk, Yaroslav Stetsko and Taras Bulba-Borovets, Ukrainian nationalist leaders interned between July 1941 and autumn 1944
• Tadeusz Banachiewicz, a Polish professor and astronomer
• Józef Klukowski, an Olympic medal-winning Polish sculptor
• Arthur Löwenstamm, rabbi of Spandau Synagogue
• Reverend Martin Niemöller, the author of the statement "First they came ..."
• Hans von Dohnányi, a German jurist who rescued Jews and fought the Nazi German regime, executed in April 1945
• Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, grandson of Otto von Bismarck, an SS officer with foreknowledge of the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler
• Trygve Bratteli, a Norwegian Labour Party figure, who later served as Norway's Prime Minister between 1973 and 1976

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Media

• Bundesarchiv Bild 183-78612-0004, KZ Sachsenhausen, Häftlinge bei Erdarbeiten.jpg

  Propaganda photo at the clay pit, February 1941

• Concentratiekamp Sachsenhausen Hoofdingang Oranienburg, Duitsland.jpg

  Sachsenhausen concentration camp Main entrance Oranienburg, Germany

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  If a prisoner stepped inside or beyond the neutral zone they were immediately executed.

• Brickworks prisoners, 1940

• Bundesarchiv Bild 183-35011-0003, Sachsenhausen, Konzentrationslager.jpg

  Clothing taken from prisoners

• Sachsenhausen security perimeter fence.JPG

  Recreation of the security perimeter at Sachsenhausen

• Entrance of Sachsenhausen concentration camp.jpg

  Sachsenhausen gate with the message "Arbeit macht frei"/ "Work makes you free"

• Dutch plaque in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.jpg

  Plaque to honour Dutch resistance fighters executed at Sachsenhausen

• Damage done to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in an arson attack.jpg

  Arson damage caused to this barrack building has been covered by glass panels to protect it, whilst still showing the damage to those visiting the camp.