German concentration camps may refer to different camps which were operated by German states:
*Concentration camps during the
Herero and Namaqua genocide
Herero may refer to:
* Herero people, a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members alive today
* Herero language, a language of the Bantu family (Niger-Congo group)
* Herero and Nama genocide
* Herero chat, a species of bi ...
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Shark Island concentration camp
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Cottbus-Sielow concentration camp in
Cottbus
Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian ...
interning Jewish immigrants in interwar Germany
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Stargard concentration camp in
Stargard
Stargard (; 1945: ''Starogród'', 1950–2016: ''Stargard Szczeciński''; or ''Stargard an der Ihna''; ) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2021 it was inhabited by 67,293 people. It is situated on ...
, interning Jewish immigrants in interwar Germany
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Nazi concentration camps
From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps (), including subcamp (SS), subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe.
The first camps were established in March 1933 immediately af ...
, 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 lat ...
, operated by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
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Extermination camps
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Forced-labor camps
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Polenlager
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Transit camps (Nazi Germany), such as
Drancy transit camp
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