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Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.

Located at 52.7658, 13.2642 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Oberhavel, Soviet special camps, Buildings and structures in Brandenburg, Museums in Brandenburg, World War II museums in Germany, World War II memorials in Germany, Nazi concentration camps

Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg)

Sachsenhausen is a district of the town Oranienburg, 35 kilometres north of Berlin. The district's name means 'Houses of the Saxons'. It was notorious as the site of the Nazi concentration camp also called Sachsenhausen which ran from 1936 to 1945. For five years after World War II the Soviets used the facility as Special Camp No. 7 (later Soviet Special Camp No. 1).

Located at 52.7544, 13.2369 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in Brandenburg, Localities in Oberhavel

Oranienburg station

Oranienburg is a railway station in Oranienburg, Germany.

Located at 52.7536, 13.2496 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Brandenburg, Oranienburg

Lehnitz station

Lehnitz (in German Bahnhof Lehnitz) is a railway station in the district of Lehnitz, Oranienburg, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn.

Located at 52.7411, 13.2635 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Berlin S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Brandenburg, Oranienburg

Oranienburg concentration camp

Oranienburg concentration camp was an early concentration camp, one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis when they gained power in 1933. It held the Nazis' political opponents from the Berlin region, mostly members of the Communist Party of Germany and social-democrats, as well as a number of homosexual men. It was established in the center of the town of Oranienburg when the SA took over a disused factory (possibly a brewery).

Located at 52.7493, 13.2367 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Nazi concentration camps in Germany, Oranienburg

NKVD special camp Nr. 7

NKVD special camp Nr. 7 was a NKVD special camp that operated in Weesow until August 1945 and in Sachsenhausen from August 1945 until the spring of 1950. It was used by the Stalinist Soviet occupying forces to detain political prisoners. In August 1945, the Special Camp Nr. 7 was moved to Sachsenhausen, the area of the former Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Located at 52.7658, 13.2642 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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NKVD special camps

Oranienburg Palace

Oranienburg Palace is a schloss located in the town of Oranienburg in Germany. It is the oldest Baroque schloss in the Margraviate of Brandenburg and built in a Dutch style.

Located at 52.7547, 13.2367 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Baroque architecture in Brandenburg, Castles in Brandenburg, Museums in Brandenburg, Art museums and galleries in Germany