KZ Manager

KZ Manager
KZ Manager
Developer(s)The Missionaries
Publisher(s)German Elite
Designer(s)Messias
Prince Porn
EngineN/A
Platform(s)Commodore 64, Amiga, MS-DOS, Windows
Release1988[1]–2000 (Depends on version)
Genre(s)Construction and management simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

KZ Manager is a name shared by many similar resource management computer video games that put the player in the role of a Nazi concentration camp commandant or "manager", where the "resources" to be managed include, depending on the version of the game, prisoners (either Jews, Turks or Romani), poison gas supplies, "normal" money and various equipment, as well as "public opinion" on the "productivity" of the camp.[2] The game has been indexed by the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons and was confiscated in October 1990 by the district court of Neu-Ulm for violating German Criminal Code Section 130 (Incitement of masses), meaning that it is forbidden to distribute the game in Germany.[3][4]

  1. ^ https://fragdenstaat.de/dokumente/237598-kz-manager-inde-3595-v-vom-7-7-1989/
  2. ^ "Video Game Uncovered in Europe Uses Nazi Death Camps as Theme". The New York Times. May 1, 1991. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bundesanzeiger". www.bundesanzeiger.de. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  4. ^ "Kz-manager-folgeinde-11515-v-vom-11-06-1".