German concentration camps may refer to different camps which were operated by German states:
*Concentration camps during the
Herero and Namaqua genocide
The Herero and Namaqua genocide or the Herero and Nama genocide was a campaign of ethnic extermination and collective punishment waged by the German Empire against the Herero (Ovaherero) and the Nama in German South West Africa (now Namibia). I ...
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Shark Island concentration camp
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Cottbus-Sielow concentration camp in
Cottbus
Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exte ...
interning Jewish immigrants in interwar Germany
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Stargard concentration camp in
Stargard, interning Jewish immigrants in interwar Germany
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Nazi concentration camp system, operated by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
*Other
types of Nazi camps
The phrase "Nazi concentration camp" is often used loosely to refer to various types of internment sites operated by Nazi Germany. More specifically, Nazi concentration camps refers to the camps run by the Concentration Camps Inspectorate and later ...
, operated by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
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Extermination camps
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Forced-labor camps
''Arbeitslager'' () is a German language word which means labor camp. Under Nazism, the German government (and its private-sector, Axis, and collaborator partners) used forced labor extensively, starting in the 1930s but most especially durin ...
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Polenlager
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Transit camps (Nazi Germany), such as
Drancy transit camp
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