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The locations of Nazi death camps were originally used to refer to the camps, at least in the [[United States of America|U.S.]]. The U.S. government-run National Archives at College Park, Maryland, holds records referring to several World War II Nazi concentration camps by location, including Buchenwald, Dachau, Flossenberg, Nordhausen, and Mauthausen.<ref name=NatArch /> | The locations of Nazi death camps were originally used to refer to the camps, at least in the [[United States of America|U.S.]]. The U.S. government-run National Archives at College Park, Maryland, holds records referring to several World War II Nazi concentration camps by location, including Buchenwald, Dachau, Flossenberg, Nordhausen, and Mauthausen.<ref name=NatArch /> | ||
In 2023, Wikipedia calls the Nordhausen Concentration Camp ''Dora-Mittelbau'' instead, and this name has also been adopted by some other online sites. This naming choice in Wikipedia has made it possible for the modern city of Nordhausen, Germany to disassociate itself from the horrors that were perpetrated in the camp, by making sure that the long article on Nordhausen includes only a brief reference to the concentration camp (now free of its town name), and in a photo subtitle, the Wikipedia Nordhausen article refers to the camp as an "underground factory".<ref name=WikNord /> | |||
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[https://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/concentration-camps Holocaust Records: Records Relating to Concentration Camps] at the National Archives website run by the U.S. Government. | [https://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/concentration-camps Holocaust Records: Records Relating to Concentration Camps] at the National Archives website run by the U.S. Government. | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nordhausen,_Thuringia&oldid=1116186653 Nordhausen, Thuringia] article in Wikipedia accessed on May 10, 2023. | |||
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Revision as of 08:46, 10 May 2023
The Nordhausen Concentration Camp, so-called after its location five miles from the town center of Nordhausen, Germany, was one of several Nazi death camps. In its official function, it was a specialized slave labor camp. Originally a subcamp of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Nordhausen became a full camp in October 1944, with large underground facilities where slave labor worked on V-2 missiles and other war production.[1] The brutal conditions of the camp are documented in the Warfare History Network's article called "The Liberation of the Nordhausen Concentration Camp".[2]
Rewriting of history by social media
The locations of Nazi death camps were originally used to refer to the camps, at least in the U.S.. The U.S. government-run National Archives at College Park, Maryland, holds records referring to several World War II Nazi concentration camps by location, including Buchenwald, Dachau, Flossenberg, Nordhausen, and Mauthausen.[3]
In 2023, Wikipedia calls the Nordhausen Concentration Camp Dora-Mittelbau instead, and this name has also been adopted by some other online sites. This naming choice in Wikipedia has made it possible for the modern city of Nordhausen, Germany to disassociate itself from the horrors that were perpetrated in the camp, by making sure that the long article on Nordhausen includes only a brief reference to the concentration camp (now free of its town name), and in a photo subtitle, the Wikipedia Nordhausen article refers to the camp as an "underground factory".[4]
References
- ↑ Dora - Mittelbau/Nordhausen Concentration Camp, Holocaust Research Project
- ↑ The Liberation of the Nordhausen Concentration Camp on the Warfare History Network website.
- ↑ Holocaust Records: Records Relating to Concentration Camps at the National Archives website run by the U.S. Government.
- ↑ Nordhausen, Thuringia article in Wikipedia accessed on May 10, 2023.