Nazi camps refer to various types of internment sites operated by Nazi Germany. More specifically, Nazi concentration camps refers to the camps run by the Concentration Camps Inspectorate and later the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office.Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, volume I, Editor’s Introduction to the Series and Volume I The Nazi regime employed various types of detention and murder facilities within Germany and the territory it conquered and occupied, while Nazi allies also operated their own internment facilities.
The editors of Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos estimate that these sites totaled more than 42,500 locations, of which 980 were German Nazi concentration camps proper.
Nazi Germany Types of detention and murder facilities employed by the Nazi regime included:
Type German name Description Civilian workers camp Gemeinschaftslager Custody camp Haftlager Civilian internment camp Internierungslager (Ilag) Camp to hold Allied civilians caught in areas that were occupied by the German Army Camp for Jews Judenlager (Julag), Umschulungslager, Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Concentration camp Konzentrationslager Camp for the mass detention without trial of civilians, ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc. Early camps Aktion T4 Euthanasia center Euthanasie-Tötungsanstalt, T4-Tötungsanstalt Center for murder of mentally ill or physically disabled people by involuntary euthanasia Extermination camp Vernichtungslager Six killing centers for the dedicated purpose of systematic mass murder, primarily of Jews Forced (slave) labor camp Zwangsarbeitslager Jewish ghetto Jüdischer Wohnbezirk Germanization facilities Gestapo camps Gypsy camps Zigeunerlager Housing camp Wohnlager Labor camp Arbeitslager Military brothels National Labor Service camp RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst)-Lager Penal or punishment camp Strafgefangenenlager and Straflager Preferential camp Vorzugslager Prisoner-of-war camp Kriegsgefangenenlager Imprisonment camp for Allied military personnel captured and held under the terms of the Third Geneva Convention Police custody camp Polizeihaftlager Prisons Satellite camp Außenkommando Outlying camp under command of a main concentration camp; main camps were Stammlager and subordinate camps were Außenlager Security camp Schutzhaftlager Special camp Sonderlager Workers education camp Arbeitserziehungslager Work house Arbeitshaus Transit camp Durchgangslager Camps where prisoners were briefly detained prior to deportation to other Nazi camps. Youth protection camp Jugendschutzlager Youth detention camp Jugendverwahrungslager
Nazi Allies Nazi allies also operated their own internment facilities, including:Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, volume III, table of contents Internment camps in Bulgaria Concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia Internment camps in Finland Internment camps in France Internment camps in French North Africa Internment camps in Hungary Concentration camps of Italy Concentration camps in Norway Internment camps of Romania Internment camps in the Slovak State Concentration camps in Tunisia
See also List of Nazi extermination camps and euthanasia centers List of Nazi concentration camps
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