The camps

Built near the village of Chelmno nad Nerem (known in German as Kulmhof), the Chelmno camp was one of the principal locations of the Nazi genocide of the Jews. A castle located near the village served as the epicentre of this horrendous enterprise. Near this castle (called the Schloss), the camp’s barracks were constructed in […]

The first barracks at Buchenwald camp were constructed by a squad of around 300 prisoners, gathered from the defunct camp at Lichtenburg (located near Leipzig), using primitive and inadequate tools; the timber used in the construction was sourced from the nearby forest at Ettersberg, an area once loved by Goethe. In September of that year […]

Once the so-called “Euthanasia” murder programme had been largely wound down, the construction of the Belzec camp (one of the five camps specially created for the genocide of Jews and Poles) was placed in the hands of the diligent staff of Operation Reinhard (the specialist unit responsible for “special treatment” – the Nazi euphemism for […]

The priest who helped Jewish people A contribution to a deeper understanding of what happened to the refugees from St.-Martin Vésubie and the network of assistance that helped many of them to survive is offered in this interview conducted a group of students from the Istituto Tecnico per Geometri “Guarino Guarini” in Turin (Luigi Gentile, […]

by Dario Venegoni

Created: September 1943 Closed: February 1944 Location: Borgo San Dalmazzo (Cuneo – Italy) Today, there is no trace left of the “Polizeihaftlager” at Borgo San Dalmazzo, near Cuneo, which functioned as a collection point for Jews (of Italian nationality or otherwise) between 18 September and 21 November 1943, and later under the control of the […]

The Camp, originally made up of two adjacent sites – on via Remesina (a site of roughly six hectares) and Via Grilli (nearly nine hectares) – operated from 1942 to 1970, with different uses in different times. Over time, the barracks have been modified, above all inside, and after 1945, the entire area of the […]

These words were directed toward the visitors of that which remains of that fatal Lager. It is an extraordinarily lucid piece. One which resounds like an appeal saturated with grief, and at the same time, serves as a severe admonition.

Established: 12 July, 1936 Location: 35 km. North of Berlin Also known as “Oranienburg – Sachsenhausen”, it was one of the largest concentration camps in northern Germany. Information gathered from documents obtained after the liberation show that at the date of 31 January, 1945 56,624 deportees of every nationality were present in that concentration camp. […]

Established: 15 May, 1939 Location: Near Fürstenberg As far back as November, 1938, a column composed of 500 men was detached from Sachsenhausen with the task of erecting a camp to house the prisoners of the dissolved camp of Lichtenburg. It was to be erected at a distance of circa 80 kilometers north of Berlin, […]