Oranienburg in WW2 History | World War II Database

22 Feb 1933

Germany

Initial plans were made for a detention camp in Oranienburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Oranienburg Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

12 Mar 1933

Germany

Oranienburg north of Berlin, Germany became the site of the first German concentration camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Oranienburg Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | TH]

18 Dec 1933

Photo(s) dated 18 Dec 1933

Rudolf Diels reviewing prisoners at Oranienburg Concentration Camp, Germany, 18 Dec 1933

30 Jun 1934

Germany

Oranienburg Concentration Camp in Germany was transferred under the jurisdiction of the German justice department. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Oranienburg Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

4 Jul 1934

Germany

The Nazi SS organization assumed control of Oranienburg Concentration Camp in Germany. ww2dbase [Oranienburg Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

5 Jun 1936

Germany

Esterwegen Concentration Camp in Germany was closed to be converted to be a punishment camp; prisoners of Esterwegen were ordered to build the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

19 Dec 1938

Photo(s) dated 19 Dec 1938

Prisoners in the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany, 19 Dec 1938

Prisoners at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Germany, 19 Dec 1938

23 Oct 1942

Germany

Auschwitz-bound prisoners in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany staged a revolt that resulted in failure. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

20 May 1943

Photo(s) dated 20 May 1943

Aerial view of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Germany, 20 May 1943; photo taken by a British No. 542 Squadron RAF aircraft

1 Dec 1943

Germany

Rudolf Höss was assigned to the SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt based at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Oranienburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Rudolf Höss | Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

20 Apr 1945

Germany

Thousands of prisoners were marched out of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Germany toward the northeast, ahead of oncoming Soviet troops. Many of them would die en route. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

21 Apr 1945

Germany

Thousands of prisoners were marched out of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Germany toward the northeast, ahead of oncoming Soviet troops. Many of them would die en route. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

22 Apr 1945

Germany

Polish 2nd Infantry Division captured Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Oranienburg, Germany, with a prisoner population of about 3,000 at the time. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp | Oranienburg, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

26 Sep 2004

Photo(s) dated 26 Sep 2004

Arbeit Macht Frei gate at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Germany, 26 Sep 2004

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