22 Feb 1933
Germany
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
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]
30 Jun 1934
Germany
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
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
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]
23 Oct 1942
Germany
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]
1 Dec 1943
Germany
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
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
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
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]
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