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The first concentration camps in Germany were established soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor in January 1933. The first Nazi camp was called Dachau concentration camp. It was called . In the weeks after the Nazis came to power, The SA (Sturmabteilungen; commonly known as Storm Troopers), the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons -- the elite guard of the Nazi party), the police, and local civilian authorities organized numerous detention camps to incarcerate real and perceived political opponents of Nazi policy.
German authorities established camps all over Germany on an ad hoc basis to handle the masses of people arrested as alleged subversives. The SS established larger camps in Oranienburg, north of Berlin; Esterwegen, near Hamburg; Dachau, northwest of Munich; and Lichtenburg, in Saxony. In Berlin itself, the Columbia Haus facility held prisoners under investigation by the Gestapo (the German secret state police) until 1936.
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Where were the first Nazi Concentration Camp established?
The first Nazi Concentration Camp was Dachau Concentration Camp. Since it's called Dachau, it's in Dachau,Germany.
Why is March 20 1933 a turning point in history?
The first Nazi concentration camp is established on the outskirts of Dachau.
Why is Dachau famous?
Dachau is known for being the first Nazi concentration camp, Located in Germany, it was established by Heinrich Himmler.
When was the first concentration camp established and who were the first Jews?
The first (Nazi) concentration camps were established in 1993. Jews were not arrested for being Jewish until incidentally on Nov 9, 1938, and more generally after the start of the war.
When was Auschwitz concentration camp first established?
Auschwitz concentration camp was first established on March 22, 1933
What was the first consentration camp?
I think the first concentration camp was established in Germany, if was used first to hold Germans who disobeyed the Nazi laws, or who said the wrong thing, so it was first used to retrain the Germans, that was before WW2, then they got a new purpose afterwards, as killing chambers.
Where was the first concentration camp constructed?
the first permanent Nazi concentration camp was built near Munich.
Was Stutthof the first concentration camp built by Nazi regime?
No, Stutthof was the first concentration camp built outside Germany. (The first camp was Dachau).
When did the Germans open first concentration camp?
The first permanent Nazi concentration camp opened on 22 March 1933 at Dachau.
Which was the first camp built by the Nazis?
There were many Nazi camps, you need to give the context of where you lifted the question from.
What is the second largest concentration camp?
Auschwitz-Birkenau is the general term for the network of Nazi concentration and labor camps, established near the Polish city of Oswiecim. Together this complex was the largest of all the Nazi death camps across Europe and could hold upwards of 150,000 inmates at any given time. It was Established in May 1940.
What was the first concentration camp found?
dachau___Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp to be founded (March 1933), the first major concentration camp to be found (and liberated) by an Allied army was Majdanek (July 1944).
