Hinzert concentration camp

SS-Sonderlager Hinzert
Nazi concentration camp
SS officers at a construction site in the Hinzert concentration camp
Hinzert is located in Germany
Hinzert
Hinzert
Location of Hinzert within Germany
Coordinates49°41′56″N 6°53′34″E / 49.69889°N 6.89278°E / 49.69889; 6.89278
Other namesKonzentrationslager Hinzert
LocationRhineland-Palatinate, Nazi Germany
Operational1939–1945
Number of inmates13,600 (in 20 satellite camps) [1]
Killedover 1,000 [1]

Hinzert concentration camp (German: SS-Sonderlager Hinzert or Konzentrationslager Hinzert) was a concentration camp in Nazi Germany, in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the border with Luxembourg. Between 1939 and 1945, 13,600 political prisoners between the ages of 13 and 80 were imprisoned at Hinzert. Many were in transit towards larger concentration camps where most would be killed. However, many prisoners were executed at Hinzert. The camp was administered, run, and guarded mainly by the SS, who, according to survivors, were notorious for their brutality and viciousness.

  1. ^ a b Uwe Seemann (2015). "Concentration Camp Hinzert". Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas. European Sites of Remembrance. Retrieved 11 April 2015.