Oranienburg concentration camp

Oranienburg was an early Nazi concentration camp, one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis in the state of Prussia when they gained power in 1933.

[1][2] It was established in the center of the town of Oranienburg on the main road to Berlin when the SA took over a disused brewery grounds.

Prisoners were marched through the town to perform forced labour on behalf of the local council.

[1] The prison was taken over by the SS on 4 July 1934, when the SA was suppressed by the regime.

It was closed and subsequently replaced in the area by Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1936.

KZ Oranienburg, Nazi Germany, 1933
Oranienburg Concentration Camp Memorial on the site of the camp, Berliner Straße, Oranienburg
Oranienburg Concentration Camp Memorial on the site of the camp, Berliner Straße, Oranienburg. The brick wall is all that remains of the brewery.