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"Work makes one free," a sign on the gate at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. [LCID: 19226a]
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Camps

Many different types of camps existed during and after the Holocaust (1933-1945). They ranged greatly in size and included various types, such as concentration camps, transit camps, and postwar displaced persons camps. Explore more content related to camps that existed during and after the Holocaust and World War II. 

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A severely emaciated child with light skin tone stands in the middle of a courtyard. The child looks hauntingly at the camera while wearing a pair of shorts that have been tied at the waist, a pair of oversized socks and boots. In the background, a group of people gather in front of barracks.
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13-year-old survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp
A map of the Westerbork transit camp
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2nd Canadian Division
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82nd Airborne Division
A Dutch survivor of the Ohrdruf camp shows the camp's gallows, which the Germans used to execute prisoners, to US forces (including ... [LCID: 74981]
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A Dutch survivor of Ohrdruf shows the camp's gallows to US forces
A group of men stand together. Most are wearing hats and outerwear. Uniformed guards stand around the perimeter of the group.
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A group of leading Socialists arrives at the Kislau camp
A kapo oversees prisoners at the Płaszów camp
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A kapo oversees prisoners at the Płaszów camp
A large pile of emaciated corpses. Piles of clothes can be seen in the background. A soldier in black clothing stands in the back with their hands on their face. To the right is an open truck bed with additional bodies.
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A pile of corpses in the Buchenwald concentration camp
A survivor of Kaufering IV, one of the Dachau subcamps in the Landsberg-Kaufering area, with American soldiers after liberation. [LCID: 89445]
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A survivor of Kaufering IV
A watchtower and barracks at the Ohrdruf subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. [LCID: 15095]
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A watchtower and barracks at Ohrdruf
Handwritten letter on lined yellowed paper.
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Aaron A. Eiferman Letter: Page 1
Gray and blue vertical striped long sleeve collared shirt.
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Abraham Lewent's prisoner jacket
Aerial view of Dachau concentration camp [LCID: dfd0660a]
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Aerial view of Dachau concentration camp
Aktion "Erntefest," November 3, 1943 [LCID: gen73064]
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Aktion "Erntefest," November 3, 1943
Allied prisoner of war describes work details [LCID: dfd0661p]
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Allied prisoner of war describes work details
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Althammer
A 14-year-old inmate of the Kaiserwald concentration camp near Riga. [LCID: 86214]
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An inmate of the Kaiserwald concentration camp

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