Adolf Hitler21 March 1933
1st concentration camp is opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin
Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
1st concentration camp is opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin
Appointed Inspector of concentration camps by Himmler
"Anti-social members of society into useful members by the most humane means possible"
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