Many of the early concentration camps were improvised. [LCID: 61931]
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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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  • Staatsarchiv Bremen

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