Series: Concentration Camps

Browse a series of articles related to the creation and administration of concentration camps during the 1930s and 1940s. Learn about how the camps functioned and the conditions camp prisoners experienced over the course of the Holocaust.   

Nazi Camps

Concentration Camps, 1933–39

Concentration Camps, 1939–42

Concentration Camps, 1942–45

Classification System in Nazi Concentration Camps

Concentration Camp System: In Depth

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