Sachsenburg (concentration camp)
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Sachsenburg was a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Germany, located in Frankenberg, Saxony, near Chemnitz.[1] Along with Lichtenburg, it was among the first to be built by the Nazis, and operated by the SS from 1933 to 1937.[1] The camp was an abandoned four-story textile mill which was renovated in May 1933 to serve as a "protective custody" facility for dissidents such as Jehovah's Witnesses, who opposed the Nazi regime.[1]
Sachsenburg was the first concentration camp in which SS used colored triangles sewn onto clothing, as well as armbands, to identify categories of prisoners.[1]
Details about the operation of Sachsenburg, held in 17 files (each containing several hundred SS reports) by the International Tracing Service, only became available to researchers in late 2006.[1]
[edit] External links
- Article about Sachsenburg (2006)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Arthur Max (2006-12-24). "Holocaust infrastructure much larger than previously thought, historians say". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-23-holocaust_x.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
Coordinates: 50°55′56.49″N 13°1′36.78″E / 50.9323583°N 13.0268833°E
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