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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