Dora concentration camp
Dora concentration camp is a prison in Nordhausen, Thuringia. Dora concentration camp is situated nearby to the bunker Mittelwerk, as well as near the peak Kohnstein.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial and Mittelwerk.
Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial
Museum
Mittelbau-Dora was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour from many Eastern countries occupied by Germany, for extending the nearby tunnels in the Kohnstein and for manufacturing the V-2 rocket and the V-1 flying bomb. Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial is situated 410 metres east of Dora concentration camp.
Mittelwerk
Bunker
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Mittelwerk was a German World War II factory built underground in the Kohnstein to avoid Allied bombing. It used slave labor from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp to produce V-2 ballistic missiles, V-1 flying bombs, and other weapons. Mittelwerk is situated 470 metres northeast of Dora concentration camp.
Kohnstein
Peak
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The Kohnstein is a hill in Thuringia, Germany, 2 kilometres southwest of the village of Niedersachswerfen and 3 kilometres northwest of the centre of the town of Nordhausen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herreden and Niedersachswerfen.
Niedersachswerfen
Village
Niedersachswerfen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Harztor.
Dora concentration camp
- Type: Prison
- Category: government building
- Location: Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.53536° or 51° 32′ 7″ northLongitude
10.74836° or 10° 44′ 54″ eastElevation
270 metres (886 feet)Open location code
9F3GGPPX+48GeoNames ID
12493312
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