Uniformed prisoners stand tightly in rows while standing on the deck of a ship. Fences of barbed wire have been erected around the edges of the deck.
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An early concentration camp

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.


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