This map, created by Herbert Froboess and entitled Deutschland 1945, shows some of the camps in Nazi Germany and some of the surrounding occupied countries.
Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections.
Ghettos and camps were used extensively by the Nazis during their time in power to segregate, oppress and persecute their opponents.
This section explores what ghettos and camps were, how they developed, and what life was like for those imprisoned inside them.
On 10 May 1933, university students supported by the Nazi Party instigated book burnings of blacklisted authors across Germany.
On 1 May 1935, the German government issued a ban on all organisations of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Image courtesy of USHMM.
On 10 May 1940, German forces invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
On 29 May 1942, the German authorities in France passed a law requiring Jews to wear the Star of David.
On 16 May 1944, inmates of the Gypsy camp in Auschwitz resisted the SS guards attempting to liquidate the camp.
