"1945-1950 Soviet Special Camp" Topic

"As part of the Allied policy of denazification, the Soviet army of occupation set up ten special camps in the Soviet Occupation Zone following the military defeat of the National Socialist regime. Special Camp No. 7 (from 1948 No. 1) in Sachsenhausen was, with 60,000 internees, by far the largest of these camps. 12,000 people died here of hunger and disease between 1945 and 1950. The reduction of the already meagre rations in the "Winter of Hunger" 1946-47 resulted in an especially large number of deaths.

Particular features of the Sachsenhausen special camp were the great variety of internees it held and the many functions it served under the Soviets. The "special contingent" of around 30,000 people was the largest group of internees, and was held in Zone I of the camp. These internees had been placed in preventive custody under the Potsdam Agreement as members of the Nazi power apparatus and were imprisoned for many years without any formal court judgment. They mainly included lower and middle-ranking Nazi functionaries, but members of the SS, the Gestapo concentration camp guards were also among them, as well as ministry and public officials. The internees also included ordinary members of Nazi youth organisations, political opponents and people who had simply been arbitrarily arrested…"
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From the Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen website

No real surprise there …

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Amicalement
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