Hinzert concentration camp
Hinzert was a concentration camp in Nazi Germany, in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate, 30 kilometres from the border with Luxembourg. Between 1939 and 1945, 13,600 political prisoners between the ages of 13 and 80 were imprisoned at Hinzert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: concentration camp in Nazi Germany
- Also known as: “Hinzert” and “SS-Sonderlager Hinzert”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dokumentationshaus Hinzert and Hohe Wurzel.
Dokumentationshaus Hinzert
Museum
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Dokumentationshaus Hinzert is a museum.
Hohe Wurzel
Peak
Hohe Wurzel, at 669 m, is the second-highest peak in the Osburger Hochwald in the Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Hohe Wurzel is situated 2½ km west of Hinzert concentration camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rascheid and Reinsfeld.
Rascheid
Village
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Rascheid is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil and is an officially recognized tourist resort. Rascheid is situated 3 km northeast of Hinzert concentration camp.
Reinsfeld
Village
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Reinsfeld is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the municipality of Hermeskeil. Reinsfeld is a state-recognized health resort. Reinsfeld is situated 3½ km southwest of Hinzert concentration camp.
Beuren
Village
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Beuren is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Beuren is situated 3½ km north of Hinzert concentration camp.
Hinzert concentration camp
- Categories: Nazi concentration camp and concentration camp
- Location: Hinzert-Pölert, Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Hinzert concentration camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معسكر الإعتقال هينزرت”
- Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Hinzert”
- Chinese: “欣策尔特集中营”
- Chinese: “欣策爾特集中營”
- Chinese: “荷佐地集中營”
- Chinese: “辛澤爾特集中營”
- Czech: “Hinzert”
- Czech: “koncentrační tábor Hinzert”
- Dutch: “Hinzert”
- Finnish: “Hinzert”
- French: “camp de concentration de Hinzert”
- French: “Camp de concentration de Hinzert”
- French: “Hintzert”
- French: “Hinzert”
- French: “SS-Sonderlager Hinzert”
- German: “Hinzert”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Hinzert”
- German: “KZ Hinzert”
- German: “SS-Sonderlager Hinzert”
- Hebrew: “מחנה הריכוז הינצרט”
- Italian: “campo di concentramento di Hinzert”
- Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Hinzert”
- Japanese: “ヒンツァート強制収容所”
- Luxembourgish: “KZ Hinzert”
- Luxembourgish: “SS-Sonderlager Hinzert”
- Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری هینزرت”
- Polish: “Hinzert”
- Polish: “SS-Sonderlager Hinzert”
- Russian: “Хинцерт”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Hinzert”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Hinzert”
- Spanish: “Hinzert”
- Swedish: “Hinzert”
- Turkish: “Hinzert toplama kampı”
- Turkish: “KZ Hinzert”
- Udmurt: “Хинцерт”
- Ukrainian: “Гінцерт (концентраційний табір)”
- Ukrainian: “Гінцерт”
- Uzbek: “Hinzert konslageri”
- Western Frisian: “Hinzert”
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