![View of barracks and the ammunition factory in one of the first photos of Dachau concentration camp. [LCID: 55229]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7802116f-0bb3-4c11-a035-3c3477458198.jpg "View of barracks and the ammunition factory in one of the first photos of Dachau concentration camp. [LCID: 55229]")
View of barracks and the ammunition factory in one of the first photos of the Dachau concentration camp. Dachau, Germany, March or April 1933.
Item View![Arrival of political prisoners at the Oranienburg concentration camp. [LCID: 19345]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/92eeb19d-e182-4208-af66-82cff76560b7.jpg "Arrival of political prisoners at the Oranienburg concentration camp. [LCID: 19345]")
Arrival of political prisoners at the Oranienburg concentration camp. Oranienburg, Germany, 1933.
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Many of the early concentration camps were improvised. Here, roll call is held for political prisoners aboard a ship used as a floating concentration camp. Ochstumsand camp, near Bremen, Germany, 1933 or 1934.
Item View![Official postcard for use by prisoners of the Esterwegen concentration camp. [LCID: 12244]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/30d29b32-5063-4d05-9bb3-2727beb7c54b.jpg "Official postcard for use by prisoners of the Esterwegen concentration camp. [LCID: 12244]")
Official postcard for use by prisoners of the Esterwegen concentration camp. Esterwegen, near Hamburg, was one of the early camps established by the SS. The text at the left side gives instructions and restrictions to inmates about what can be mailed and received. Germany, August 14, 1935.
Item View![Uniformed prisoners with triangular badges are assembled under Nazi guard at the Sachenhausen concentration camp. [LCID: 76278]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/dc03433c-875b-4f9d-a0d8-54dee5aaae11.jpg "Uniformed prisoners with triangular badges are assembled under Nazi guard at the Sachenhausen concentration camp. [LCID: 76278]")
Uniformed prisoners with triangular badges are assembled under Nazi guard at the Sachenhausen concentration camp. Sachsenhausen, Germany, 1938.
Item View![Newly arrived prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp. [LCID: 13128]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/441a8649-0f34-4198-9435-64deb7a7eb7d.jpg "Newly arrived prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp. [LCID: 13128]")
Newly arrived prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Buchenwald, Germany, 1938-1940.
Item View![Roll call for newly arrived prisoners, mostly Jews arrested during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"), at the Buchenwald ... [LCID: 79914b]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a4dfb283-6c09-45c5-9d79-471dc357ddaa.jpg "Roll call for newly arrived prisoners, mostly Jews arrested during Kristallnacht (the \"Night of Broken Glass\"), at the Buchenwald ... [LCID: 79914b]")
Roll call for newly arrived prisoners, mostly Jews arrested during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass" pogrom), at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Buchenwald, Germany, 1938.
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