The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945 [electronic resource] . Volume 1, Early camps, youth camps, and concentration camps and subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA) / volume editor, Geoffrey P. Megargee.

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Book
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English
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, ©2009.
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1 online resource (2 volumes (xxxix, 1659 pages)) : illustrations, maps

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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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Awards
Association of Jewish Libraries Reference Award, 2010.
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  • Encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945
  • Early camps, youth camps, and concentration camps and subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA)
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  • 9780253003508 (electronic bk.)
  • 0253003504 (electronic bk.)
OCLC
644542383
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