The living conditions in German-operated ghettos and camps were at times horrible, but not always so. Contributions listed here paint a differentiating image of this topic, which also explains the horrid scenes the Allies discovered in German camps at war’s end.
By Paul Amner ∙ July 31, 2012
“Effektenkammer” in Buchenwald camp in 2004 Every concentration camp of the Third Reich had a large storage building called “Effektenkammer,” but the largest one I have seen that is still standing is in the Buchenwald camp near Weimar. The Effektenkammer was that building in the camps where the personal belongings of the prisoners were stored…
By Paul Amner ∙ December 1, 2004
Christa Paul, Zwangsprostitution, Edition Hentrich, Berlin, 1994, 240 S., €39.80 Ill. 1: “The German Labor Front, June 1942, Confidential. Re.: Setting up brothels for foreign workers”. Ill. 2: Balance sheet of the brothel in Buchenwald concentration camp, July 12, 1943. Imagine for a minute that the economy of your country was booming so well that…
By Otto Humm ∙ February 1, 2004
Of the numerous eyewitness reports on the concentration camps and alleged extermination sites of the Third Reich, one often finds reports by former inmates describing atrocities committed by SS personnel while these witnesses were hospitalised in the camp's hospitals due to a severe typhus infection. The best known example may be that of Jacob Freimark…
By Theodore J. O'Keefe ∙ July 1, 1995
Theodore J. O'Keefe, educated at Harvard University, is the author of numerous published articles, essays and reviews on historical and political subjects. For some years he served as editor of this Journal. A version of this essay is available, in convenient leaflet form, from the IHR at the following prices, postpaid: Ten copies for $2;…
By CODOH ∙ January 1, 1942
Passbooks for foreign workers in German camp system Click on image to see a larger version. Letters sent by foreign workers in German camp system Click on image to see a larger version. Auschwitz Dachau Majdanek …
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