Sachsenhausen concentration camp
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Sachsenhausen concentration camp was a Nazi concentration camp near Berlin, used primarily for political prisoners and forced labor, and became a central site of persecution and terror during the Third Reich.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nazi concentration camp
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forced labour camp → |
| closed |
1945
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| continent |
Europe
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| coordinateLocation |
52.761°N 13.259°E
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| country |
Nazi Germany
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| estimatedNumberOfDeaths |
tens of thousands
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| estimatedNumberOfPrisoners |
over 200000
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| hasPart |
barbed wire fence
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camp infirmary → crematorium → execution trench → gas chamber → punishment cells → roll-call square → watchtowers → |
| heritageDesignation |
memorial and museum
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| inception |
1936
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| liberatedBy |
Red Army
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| liberationDate |
1945-04-22
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| locatedNear |
Berlin
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| location |
Oranienburg
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| memorialName |
Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum
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| notablePrisoner |
Dimităr Peshev
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Franciszek Gajowniczek → Georg Elser → Martin Niemöller → Paul Reynaud → Stefan Rowecki → Yevgeny Ginzburg → |
| opened |
1936-07-12
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| operatedBy |
SS-Totenkopfverbände
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Schutzstaffel → |
| partOf |
Nazi concentration camp system
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| postWarUse |
Soviet NKVD special camp
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memorial site → |
| significantEvent |
death marches of 1945
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| state |
Brandenburg
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| usedFor |
detention of prisoners of war
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extermination through labour → forced labour → medical experiments → persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses → persecution of Jews → persecution of Roma and Sinti → persecution of homosexuals → persecution of political opponents → political imprisonment → |
| victimGroup |
Jehovah's Witnesses
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Jews → Poles → Roma and Sinti → Soviet prisoners of war → Spanish Republicans → homosexuals → political prisoners → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Martin Luther (diplomat)
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Odd Nansen → |
placeOfDetention |
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Kristallnacht
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concentrationCampDestination |
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Yakov Dzhugashvili
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detainedAt |
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Kurt Schuschnigg
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detainedIn |
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Nazi camp system
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notableCamp |
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Yakov Dzhugashvili
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placeOfDeath |