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Photos of Gates and Mottos of Nazi-Germany´s Concentration Camps and Extermination Camps

Last update 24^th February 2007

See detailed description of mottos etc. at http://www.death-camps.org/websites/jmottoen.htm

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The 23 main KZ-camps

Germany including the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk in Poland)

KL Dachau

	Gatehouse seen from the outside by US Army on liberation, 1945 By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, USA (United States National Archives)
	Reconstructed Arbeit macht frei gate seen from the outside today (1) By courtesy of www.he.wikipedia.org/wiki/העבודה_משחררת
	Reconstructed Arbeit macht frei gate seen from the outside today (2) By courtesy of www.scrapbookpages.com
	Reconstructed Arbeit macht frei gate seen from the outside today (3) By courtesy of GMS-Reisen, Switzerland
	Original Meilensteine motto painted on roof of kitchen / laundry / storage building (1), 1941 By courtesy of Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam, Holland
	Original Meilensteine motto painted on roof of kitchen / laundry / storage building (2), 1941 By courtesy of Ghetto Fighthers´ House, Israel (Photo # 9938)

KL Sachsenhausen

	Gatehouse seen from the outside, 1941 By courtesy of Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
	Original Arbeit macht frei gate seen from the outside, 1941 Copyright uncertain (For sale: Popperfoto UK Photo # LAE30035117)
	Original gate seen from the inside, 1938 By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Washington DC, USA (United States National Archives)
	Reconstructed Arbeit macht frei gate seen from the outside today By courtesy of Gerhard Schmidt, Germany
	Original Meilensteine motto board on gable of barrack 1939 ?By courtesy of Sachsenhausen Memorial Museum
	Original Meilensteine motto painted on gables of barracks (1), post-war By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum , Washington DC, USA (Sachsenhausen Memorial Museum)
	Original Meilensteine motto painted on gables of barracks (2), 19?? By courtesy of Sachsenhausen Memorial Museum (Ghetto Fighters´ House, Israel (Photo #11644)

KL Buchenwald

	Gatehouse seen from the outside by US Army on liberation, 1945 By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum , Washington DC, USA
	Original Recht oder Unrecht - Mein Vaterland motto seen from the outside by US Army on liberation, 1945 ? By courtesy of www.yad-vashem.org.il/, Jerusalem, Israel (photo # ?)
	Original Jedem das Seine gate seen from the inside, 1970s By courtesy of Corinne Desfachelle-Krajewski, France
	Original Jedem das Seine gate seen from the outside today By courtesy of www.scrapbookpages.com

KL Flossenbürg

	Original Arbeit macht frei motto on left gate pillar seen from the outside post-war (1) By courtesy of United States National Archives, Maryland, USA
	Original Arbeit macht frei motto on left gate pillar seen from the outside post-war (2) By courtesy of Flossenbürg Memorial Museum
	Gatehouse and original Schutzhaftlager inscription on right gate pillar seen from the outside on liberation, 1945 By courtesy of Flossenbürg Memorial Museum (Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam, Holland)
	Gatehouse and Headquarters/Main Administrative Building seen from the inside when gate removed, 1949 Photographer Julien van den Driessche or Marcel Durnez By courtesy of Yves Durnez, Belgium

Women´s-KL Ravensbrück

	Old gate seen from the inside at a Himmler inspection, 1941 By courtesy of Ravensbrück Memorial Museum
	Pillar of old gate seen through new gate from the outside today By courtesy of Ravensbrück Memorial Museum

KL Neuengamme

	Gate seen from the outside post-war By courtesy of Neuengamme Memorial Museum
	Original Meilensteine motto painted on roof of kitchen barracks post-war (close up) By courtesy of Neuengamme Memorial Museum

KL Groß-Rosen (now Rogoźnica in Poland)

	Gatehouse seen from the outside, 1946 By courtesy of Ghetto Fighters´ House, Israel (Photo #11034)
	Reconstructed Arbeit macht frei motto on gatehouse seen from the outside today By courtesy of Gross-Rosen Memorial Museum

KL Niederhagen[-Wewelsburg]

	Old gatehouse seen from the outside 1941 By courtesy of Kreismuseum Wewelsburg
	New gatehouse seen from the outside post-war By courtesy of Kreismuseum Wewelsburg
	New gatehouse seen from the inside post-war By courtesy of Kreismuseum Wewelsburg

KL Stutthof (now Sztutowo in Poland)

	Gate seen from the inside at a Himmler inspection, 1941 By courtesy of Ghetto Fighters´ House, Israel (Photo #12267) (Stutthof Memorial Museum)
	Gate seen from the outside today By courtesy of Stutthof Memorial Museum

KL Arbeitsdorf

Unfinished light metals foundry building, post-October 1942 ? By courtesy of Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany

KL Bergen-Belsen

	Gate of outer SS-camp seen from the outside by British Army on liberation, 1945 (1) By courtesy of Imperial War Museum, London, UK (Photo # BU 3928)
	Gate of outer SS-camp seen from the outside by British Army on liberation, 1945 (2) By courtesy of Imperial War Museum, London, UK (Photo # BU 3929)
	Visitors´ Information Signboard as English draft version at gate of inner prisoners´ camp seen from the outside post-war. British Army soldiers standing in front By courtesy of Roy Smith, England: http://www.geocities.com/lupinpooter/nordhausen.htm
	Visitors´ Information Signboard as German final version at gate of inner prisoners' camp seen from the outside post-war By courtesy of Frihedsmuseet (Museum of Danish Resistance), København, Denmark

KL (Mittelbau-)Dora (also known as Nordhausen)

	Gate seen from the outside post-war (1) Photographer unknown. By courtesy of Mittelbau-Dora Memorial Museum
	Gate seen from the outside post-war (2) By courtesy of Ghetto Fighters´ House, Israel (Photo #11561) (Donation of Mr. Herschel Auerbach, USA)

Austria

KL Mauthausen

	Gatehouse seen from the outside, 194? (SS-Kommandant Franz Ziereis in front) By courtesy of Mauthausen Memorial Museum (Andras Tsagatakis Collection)
	Gatehouse seen from the outside today By courtesy of www.scrapbookpages.com
	Gatehouse seen from the inside by US Army on liberation, 1945 (Reconstruction) By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, USA (United States National Archives)

Poland

KL Auschwitz (I) (=Oświęcim in Polish)

	Original Arbeit macht frei gate seen from the outside by USSR Army on liberation, 1945 By courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum
	Original Arbeit macht frei gate seen from the outside today By courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum
	Original Meilensteine motto board mounted on / at? 19?? ? By courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum
	Original Meilensteine motto painted on roof of kitchen barracks and original Arbeit macht frei gate seen from the inside 19??. Painting ? By courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum (Copyright © Heritage of Wladyslaw Siwek)

KL Lublin (known as Majdanek in Poland)

	Entrance monument seen from the outside today By courtesy of www.scrapbookpages.com
	Main gate seen from the outside by USSR Army on liberation, 1944 By courtesy of Majdanek Memorial Museum (Petersburg Collection)
	Main gate seen from the inside by USSR Army on liberation, 1944 By courtesy of Majdanek Memorial Museum (Petersburg Collection)
	Entrance to camp fields and socalled economic section seen from the outside, 1943 By courtesy of Majdanek Memorial Museum
	Entrance to ? seen from the outside, 1943 By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ,Washington DC, USA (Main Commission for the Prosecution of the Crimes against the Polish Nation / Instytut Pamieci Narodowej)
	Gate to and gatehouse at camp field II seen from the inside today By courtesy of Dr. Robert Kuwalek, Poland
	Gatehouse at and gate to camp field III seen from the outside,19?? By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ,Washington DC, USA (Main Commission for the Prosecution of the Crimes against the Polish Nation / Instytut Pamieci Narodowej)
	Gatehouse at camp field III seen from the outside today By courtesy of Cameron A. Munro, England

KL Warschau (=Warszawa in Polish)

Entrance to Gesiówka Prison at Gesia Street 194? By courtesy of www.death-camps.org (Donation of Łukasz Biedka, Poland)

KL Monowitz (=Auschwitz III) (Monowice in Polish)

Entrance seen from the outside 194? By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Washington DC, USA (Donation of Joe Schuldenrein)

KL (Krakau-)Plaszow (Krakόw-)Płaszόw in Polish)

Gate seen from the inside, 1943-44 Photographer Raimund Titch. By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Washington DC, USA (Leopold Page Photographic Collection)

France

KL Natzweiler (known as Le Struthof in France)

	Original main gate seen from the inside, 1944-45? By courtesy of Ghetto Fighters´ House, Israel (photo #12380) (Phototheque, Paris, France?)
	Original main gate seen from the inside 194?. Prisoner´s drawing ? By courtesy of Natzweiler-Struthof Memorial Museum
	Original main gate seen from the outside 194? (SS-Kommandant Josef Kramer in front). Prisoner´s drawing By courtesy of http://www.natzweiler.info/index.html (Copyright © Heritage of Rudolf Næss)
	Never erected main gate with Arbeit macht frei motto seen from the outside. Draft 194? ? By courtesy of Natzweiler-Struthof Memorial Museum
	Reconstructed main gate and momument seen from the outside today By courtesy of www.scrapbookpages.com
	Reconstructed main gate seen from the outside, 1964? Copyright unknown. Back cover photo on Concentration Camp Natzwiller Struthof (author and year not listed)
	Reconstructed main gate seen from the outside today By courtesy of Jean-Pierre Husson, France

Holland

KL Herzogenbusch (known as Kamp Vught in Holland)

	Gate seen from the outside post-war By courtesy of Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam, Holland
	Gate seen from the outside today By courtesy of Martin van Liempt, Holland

Lithuania

KL Kauen (=Kaunas in Lithuanian and Kovne in Yiddish)

Gate seen from the outside, 1941-43 Photographer Zvi Kadushin. By courtesy of Beth Hatefutsoth (Nahum Goldmann Museum of Jewish Diaspora), Tel Aviv, Israel

Latvia

KL Riga[-Kaiserwald] (known as Mežaparks in Latvia)

No known gate photo

Estonia

KL Vaivara

No known gate photo

The 6 extermination camps in Poland and USSR

Poland

SK Kulmhof (=Chełmno in Polish)

No known gate photo

SK Bełżec

Gatehouse seen from the inside, 1942 By courtesy of www.death-camps.org (Regional Museum Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland / Instytut Pamieci Narodowej)

SK Sobibór

No known gate photo

SK Treblinka (II)

	(Small section to the far left of) Gate seen from the inside, 1943 By courtesy of www.death-camps.org (Regional Museum Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland / Instytut Pamieci Narodowej)
	Gate, 1943. Drawing for 1:400 scale model 2004 Model displayed at Gisozi Genocide Memorial, Rwanda. By courtesy of Peter Laponder, South Africa
	Gate seen from the outside, 1943. 1:400 scale model 2004 Model displayed at Gisozi Genocide Memorial, Rwanda. By courtesy of Peter Laponder, South Africa
	Possible זה השער לה' צדיקים יבואו בו inscription or decoration on front gable of new gas chambers. CAD reconstruction By courtesy of www.death-camps.org and Peter Laponder, South Africa

KL Birkenau (=Auschwitz II) (=Brzezinka in Polish)

	Original one-sided gatehouse 1941-1943 seen from the outside (close up) ? By courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum
	Gatehouse seen from the outside today By courtesy of Per Höjeberg, Sweden
	Pedestrian gate seen from the outside, 19?? Copyright unknown, but probably belongs either to Adam Bujak, Lidia Foryciarz, Adam Kaczkowski or Andrzej Piotrowski. Printed in Kazimierz Smolen: State Museum in Oswiecim. Guide-Book, Oswiecim 1991
	Inside railway and ramp seen from the gatehouse today By courtesy of Björn Westerdahl, Sweden
	Gatehouse seen from the inside railway ramp during selection of Hungarian Jews, 1944 Photographer either Ernst Hofmann or Bernhard Walter (official Auschwitz SS-photographers). By courtesy of www.yad-vashem.org.il/, Jerusalem, Israel (Lilly Jacob Auschwitz Album, Photo # FA-268/35)
	Gatehouse with railway ramp and return switch seen from the inside today By courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum

USSR (now Belarus)

SK Maly Trostenez (=Mały Trostinec in Belarusian)

	Entrance seen from the outside 1944 By courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, USA (The Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, Minsk, Belarus)
	(Half-part of) Main gate etc. displayed at museum today By courtesy of The Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, Minsk, Belarus

Motto decorated gate not in KZ-camp

Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

Gestapo Prison Small Fortress Theresienstadt (=Terezín in Czech)

	Original Arbeit macht frei gate in the inner administration courtyard, 1941 By courtesy of Terezin Memorial Museum (Donation of former prisoner Dr. Burian)
	Repainted Arbeit macht frei gate in the inner administration courtyard, 1998 By courtesy of Marc Terrance. From: http://www.ConcentrationCampGuide.com

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