Oranienburg: Erster authentischer Bericht eines aus dem Konzentrationslager Geflüchteten (Oranienburg: The first authentic report from someone who escaped the concentration camp)
Karlsbad: Verlagsanstalt "Graphia" 1934. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 76, [4]pp. Original printed wrappers. Set up on March 21, 1933, the Oranienburg concentration camp was an early concentration camp, and one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis when they gained power in 1933. It held the Nazis' political opponents from the Berlin region, mostly members of the Communist Party of Germany and social-democrats, as well as a number of homosexual men. It was established in the center of the town of Oranienburg when the SA took over a disused factory (possibly a brewery). Prisoners were marched through the town to perform forced labor on behalf of the local council. 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. Gerhart Seger, a Social Democrat who was able to escape at the end of 1933, reported on the situation in this book, and thus contributed to the Oranienburg Concentration Camp becoming a worldwide symbol of Nazi terror. Wrappers sunned and creased along edges. Head of spine chipped. Folding mark at center, slightly affecting pages throughout. Text in German. Wrappers in overall fair, interior in good to good+ condition. fair to g. Item #37613
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