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== Online Databases == | |||
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/database.html JewishGen: Yizkor Book Project] | |||
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen] | |||
*[https://www.nypl.org/collections/nypl-recommendations/guides/yizkorbooks New York Public Library: Yizkor Books] | |||
*[http://www.ushmm.org/ www.ushmm.org] | |||
== Introduction == | |||
Concentration camps are internment centers established to confine minority and national groups and political prisoners. During World War II the Nazi government of Germany administered several concentration camps and relocation facilities. The camps were of two general types: | Concentration camps are internment centers established to confine minority and national groups and political prisoners. During World War II the Nazi government of Germany administered several concentration camps and relocation facilities. The camps were of two general types: | ||
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*Death or extermination camps where virtually everyone who arrived was immediately killed. | *Death or extermination camps where virtually everyone who arrived was immediately killed. | ||
*Camps where people who arrived were either immediately killed or assigned to labor camps. | *Camps where people who arrived were either immediately killed or assigned to labor camps. | ||
== How to Find the Records == | |||
Camp officials kept records of Jews who were used for slave labor. Some of the concentration camp records that survived the war were seized by British, Soviet, and U.S. military forces. In the United States these records can be found at: | Camp officials kept records of Jews who were used for slave labor. Some of the concentration camp records that survived the war were seized by British, Soviet, and U.S. military forces. In the United States these records can be found at: | ||
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* [http://www.many-roads.com/2017/12/27/victims-of-national-socialism/ Victims of National Socialism] | * [http://www.many-roads.com/2017/12/27/victims-of-national-socialism/ Victims of National Socialism] | ||
{{Jewish|Jewish}} | {{Jewish|Jewish}} | ||
[[Category:Jewish Records]] | [[Category:Jewish Records]] | ||