Konzentrationslager Ettersberg

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Konzentrationslager Ettersberg was the original name of the Nazi concentration camp later known as Buchenwald, one of the largest and most notorious camps on German soil during the Third Reich.


Statements (38)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp
forced labor camp
country Nazi Germany
endDate 1945
hasSubcamps Buchenwald subcamp system
hasType main camp
languageOfName German
laterKnownAs Buchenwald concentration camp
locatedIn Ettersberg
locatedInPresentDay Germany
Thuringia NERFINISHED
locatedNear Weimar
nameMeaning Concentration Camp Ettersberg
notableFor brutal living conditions
high mortality rate
scale of imprisonment
oneOfLargestOn German soil
operatedBy SS-Totenkopfverbände
Schutzstaffel
partOf Nazi concentration camp system
partOfEvent Holocaust
Nazi persecution of political opponents
perpetrator Nazi Party apparatus
SS camp guards
regime Third Reich
renamedAs Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
startDate 1937
subjectOf Holocaust historiography
war crimes investigations after 1945
successor Buchenwald concentration camp memorial site
timePeriod Nazi era in Germany
World War II
usedFor Jews
Roma and Sinti
Soviet prisoners of war
forced labor for German war industry
other persecuted groups
political prisoners

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Konzentrationslager Ettersberg ("Concentration Camp Ettersberg")
nameMeaning
Buchenwald
originalName

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