The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945: Volume I : Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps Under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA)

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award: “This valuable resource covers an aspect of the Holocaust rarely addressed and never in such detail.” —Library Journal This is the first volume in a monumental seven-volume encyclopedia, reflecting years of work by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which will describe the universe of camps and ghettos—many thousands more than previously known—that the Nazis and their allies operated, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia. For the first time, a single reference work will provide detailed information on each individual site. This first volume covers three groups of camps: the early camps that the Nazis established in the first year of Hitler’s rule, the major SS concentration camps with their constellations of subcamps, and the special camps for Polish and German children and adolescents. Overview essays provide context for each category, while each camp entry provides basic information about the site’s purpose; prisoners; guards; working and living conditions; and key events in the camp’s history. Material from personal testimonies helps convey the character of the site, while source citations provide a path to additional information. Created By The Center For Advanced Holocaust Studies At The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, The Monumental 7-volume Encyclopaedia That The Present Work Inaugurates Will Make Available - In One Place For The First Time - Detailed Information About The Universe Of Camps, Sub-camps, And Ghettos Established And Operated By The Nazis - Altogether Some 20,000 Sites, From Norway To North Africa And From France To Russia. This Volume Covers Three Groups Of Camps: The Early Camps Established In The First Year Of Hitler's Rule, The Major Concentration Camps With Their Constellations Of Sub-camps That Operated Under The Control Of The Ss-business Administration Main Office, And Youth Camps. Overview Essays Precede Entries On Individual Camps And Sub-camps. Each Entry Provides Basic Information About The Purpose Of The Site; The Prisoners, Guards, Working And Living Conditions; And Key Events In Its History. Material Drawn From Personal Testimonies Helps Convey The Character Of Each Site, While Source Citations For Each Entry Provide A Path To Additional Information. V. 1, Pt. A. The Early National Socialist Concentration Camps. Introduction To The Early Camps -- Camps And Subcamp Under The Ss-inspectorate Of Concentration Camps/business Administration Main Office. The Genesis And Structure Of The National Socialist Concentration Camps ; Arbeitsdorf Main Camp ; Auschwitz I Main Camp ; Auschwitz Ii-birkenau Main Camp ; Auschwitz Iii-monowitz Main Camp (aka Buna) ; Auschwitz Subcamp System ; Bergen-belsen Main Camp ; Buchenwald Main Camp ; Buchenwald Subcamp System ; Dachau Main Camp ; Dachau Subcamp System ; Flossenbürg Main Camp ; Flossenbürg Subcamp System ; Gross-rosen Main Camp ; Gross-rosen Subcamp System ; Herzogenbusch Main Camp (aka Vught) ; Hinzert Main Camp ; Kauen Main Camp (aka Kaunas, Kovno, Kowno, Also Slobadka) -- V. 1, Pt. B. Krakau-plaszow Main Camp ; Lublin Main Camp (aka Majdanek) ; Mauthausen Main Camp ; Mauthausen Subcamp System ; Mittelbau Main Camp (aka Dora) ; Mittelbau Subcamp System ; Natzweiler-struthof Main Camp (aka Natzweiler, Struthof) ; Natzweiler Subcamp System ; Gruppe Wüste Complex ; Neuengamme Main Camp ; Neuengamme Subcamp System ; Ravensbrück Main Camp ; Ravensbrück Subcamp System ; Riga-kaiserwald Main Camp (aka Mez̆aparks) ; Sachsenhausen Main Camp ; Sachsenhausen Subcamp System ; Ss-baubrigaden And Ss-eisenbahnbaubrigaden ; Stutthof Main Camp ; Stutthof Subcamp System ; Vaivara Main Camp ; Warschau Main Camp ; Wewelsburg Main Camp (aka Niederhagen) -- Youth Camps. Introduction To Youth Camps. V. 2, Pt. A. Incorporated Eastern Territories. Zichenau Region (regierungsbezirk Zichenau) ; Warthegau Region (reichsgau Wartheland) ; Eastern Upper Silesia Region (ost-oberschlesien) -- Protectorate Of Bohemia And Moravia (protekrorat Böhmen Und Mahren) -- General Government (generalgouvernement). Radom Region (distrikt Radom) ; Warsaw Region (distrikt Warschau) ; Kraków Region (distrikt Krakau); Lublin Region (distrikt Lublin); Eastern Galicia Region (distrikt Galizien) -- Białystok Region (distrikt Bialystok) -- V. 2, Pt. B. Reich Commissariat Ostland (reichskommissariat Ostland) ; Estonia And Latvia Regions (generalkommissariat Estland Und Generalkommissariat Lettland) ; Lithuania Region (generalkommissariat Litauen) ; Weissruthenien Region (generalkommissariat Weissruthenien) -- Reich Commissariat Ukraine (reichskommissariat Ukraine). Volhynia And Podolia Region (generalkommissariat Wolhynien Und Podolien) ; Zhytomyr Region (generalkommissariat Shitomir) ; Kiev Region (generalkommissariat Kiew) ; Nikolaev And Dnepropetrovsk Regions (generalkommissariate Nikolajew Und Dnjepropetrowsk) -- Regions Of The Ussr Under German Military Occupation. Eastern Belorussia Region ; Eastern Ukraine And Crimea Region ; Occupied Russian Territory -- German-occupied Greece. Volume Editor, Geoffrey P. Megargee. Vol. 1. Early Camps, Youth Camps, And Concentration Camps And Subcamps Under The Ss-business Administration Main Office (wvha) Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Association Of Jewish Libraries Judaica Reference Award, 2010. This monumental 7-volume encyclopedia, the result of years of work by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will describe the universe of camps and ghettos--some 20,000 in all--that the Nazis and their allies operated, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia. For the first time, a single reference work will provide detailed information on each individual site. This first volume covers three groups of camps: the early camps that the Nazis established in the first year of Hitler's rule, the major SS concentration camps with their constellations of subcamps, and the special camps for Polish and German children and adolescents. Overview essays provide context for each category, while each camp entry provides basic information about the site's purpose; the prisoners, guards, working and living conditions; and key events in the camp's history. Material from personal testimonies helps convey the character of the site, while source citations provide a path to additional information Describes the universe of camps and ghettos, some 20,000 in all, that the Nazis and their allies operated, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia. This volume covers three groups of camps: the early camps that the Nazis established in the first year of Hitler's rule, the major SS concentration camps with their constellations of subcamps, and the special camps for Polish and German children and adolescents