Hinzert concentration camp

Hinzert was a concentration camp in Nazi Germany, in what is now , 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.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: concentration camp in Nazi Germany
  • Also known as: “Ehrenfriedhof SS-Sonderlager Hinzert”, “Hinzert”, and “SS-Sonderlager Hinzert”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dokumentationshaus Hinzert and Hohe Wurzel.

Museum
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is a museum.

Peak
, at 669 m, is the second-highest peak in the in the , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reinsfeld and Rascheid.

Village
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is a municipality in the district, in , . It belongs to the municipality of Hermeskeil. is a state-recognized health resort. is situated 3 km southwest of Hinzert concentration camp.

Village
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is a municipality in the district in , . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil and is an officially recognized tourist resort. is situated 3½ km northeast of Hinzert concentration camp.

Village
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is a municipality in the district, in , . is situated 3½ km northeast of Hinzert concentration camp.

Hinzert concentration camp

Latitude
49.69924° or 49° 41′ 57″ north
Longitude
6.89297° or 6° 53′ 35″ east
Open location code
8FX8MVXV+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 148088291
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­grave_yard
Wiki­data ID
Q697753
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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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