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What was the Arbeitsdorf?

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Arbeitsdorf was a concentration camp established by the Nazis in 1942. In 1936, a German car engineer named Ferdinand Porche designed a prototype of a car that would be affordable enough for all Germans to buy. He showed his idea to the then dictator of Germany, Adolf Hitler. Hitler liked his idea and ordered the manufacture of the car which was known as the KDF-Wagen or later known as the Volkswagen vehicle. With Hitler's approval, Porche and his partner Albert Speer set up a factory in Fallersleben, a town 30 miles northeast of the city of Braunschweig, and because of the war, all production from this camp was to be used for military purposes only. In 1942, Porche and Speer started a project to see how to use concentration camp prisoners for the benefit of their industry. So on April 8, 1942, a new camp, Arbeitsdorf, was opened to produce the KDF-Wagen for cheaper and large-scale production. On October 11, 1942, six months after the camp was first established, production of the vehicles was stopped and the camp was closed. A minimum of 600 prisoners perished at Arbeitsdorf.

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Concentration camp Type: Labor camp Deaths: less then 600 Opened in April 8th 1942, closed in October 11th 1942.

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How many concentration camps were actually in Germany?

Approximately 20 (including death camps).List of concentration/extermination camps in Germany:-Arbeitsdorf-Bergen-Belson-Berlin-Marzahn-Bernburg-Breitenau-Buchenwald-Dachau-Flossenburg-Hinzert-Kaufering/Landsberg-Langenstein/Zwieberge-Malchow-Mittelbau-Dora-Neuengamme-Niederhagen-Ohrdruf-Oranienburg-Osthofen-Ravensbruck-Sachenhausen


Where were some of the concentration camps located?

Amersfoort, Arbeitsdorf, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Banjica, Bardufoss, Bełżec, Bergen-Belsen, Berlin-Marzahn, Bernburg, Bogdanovka, Bolzano, Bredtvet, Breendonk, Breitenau, Buchenwald, Chełmno, Crveni krst Dachau, Drancy, Falstad, Flossenbürg, Fort de Romainville, Grini, Gross-Rosen, Herzogenbusch, Hinzert, Janowska, Jasenovac, Kaiserwald, Kaufering/Landsberg, Kauen, Klooga, Langenstein-Zwieberge, Le Vernet, Majdanek, Malchow, Maly Trostenets, Mauthausen-Gusen, Mittelbau-Dora, Natzweiler-Struthof , Neuengamme, Neuengamme-Alderney , Niederhagen, Ohrdruf, Oranienburg, Osthofen, Płaszów, Ravensbrück, Risiera di San Sabba, Sachsenhausen, Sajmiste, Salaspils, Sobibór, Soldau, Stutthof, Theresienstadt, Treblinka, Vaivara, Warsaw, and Westerbork.


Which Nazi concentration camps were outside Germany?

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Where were some of the concentration camps located?

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Which Nazi concentration camps were outside Germany?

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Jägala Estonia Labour camp Aug 1942 - Aug 1943 200 3,000 none Klooga Estonia Labour camp Summer 1943 - 28 Sep 1944 2,400 Vaivara Estonia Concentration and transit camp 15 Sep 1943 - 29 Feb 1944 20,000 950 22 Drancy France Internment camp, transit 20 Aug 1941 - 17 Aug 1944 70,000 Three of five Paris annexes: Austerlitz, Lévitan and Bassano camps Fort de Romainville France Prison and transit camp 1940 - Aug 1945 8,100 min. 200 min. none Le Vernet France Internment camp 1939-1944 Natzweiler-Struthof (Struthof) France Labour camp; Nacht und Nebel camp; extermination camp May 1941 - Sep 1944 40,000 25,000L'historique du camp de Natzweiler-Struthof par Roger Boulanger, 2006. 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