Holocaust Memorials
Liberation
Dachau prisoners cheer their liberators of the 42nd Rainbow Division of the 7th US Army as they wave from behind the wire fence at the concentration camp in Dachau in May 1945.
Dachau Concentration Camp
The inscription on the gate to the concentration camp in Dachau reads "Arbeit macht frei," or "Work will make you free." In the 12 years of its existence, more than 200,000 people from all over Europe were imprisoned here and in its satellite camps. More than 43,000 were murdered. Karl Kunkel, pictured here, was a prisoner at the camp.
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Before British troops liberated the concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945, some 100,000 prisoners from 40 different countries had lost their lives there. About half of them were Russian prisoners-of-war. Another 30 percent were Jews.
Wannsee Villa
At the so-called Wannsee Conference, held in this villa in 1942, Hitler and the Nazi leaders decided to implement the "final solution" -- that is, the systematic elimination of all the Jews in Europe. Fifty years after the conference in 1992, the first central Jewish memorial in Germany was opened in the villa.
Steps to Remember
In Cologne's Südstadt neighborhood, artist Günter Demnig has set stones and tiles in the sidewalk to remind passersby of the fate of those who were deported by the Nazis.
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
In use from 1936 to 1945, the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Brandenburg held more than 200,000 prisoners. At first, mainly political prisoners were sent to Sachsenhausen, which was designed by Nazi architects to be the ideal camp. Starting in 1939, the Nazis' ethnic purification campaign intensified and more and more of the prisoners came from conquered regions.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
The memorial, seen here from a bird's eye view, is located in Berlin near the Brandenburger Gate. Designed by American architect Peter Eisenman, it contains 2,751 concrete slabs.
Track 17 at Grunewald Station in Berlin
It was at track 17 at the Grunewald Station that many unknowing victims boarded the train to one of the Nazi's concentration camps. A plaque names each of the trains which left with deportees between 1941 and 1945.
Flossenbürg Concentration Camp
Some 100,000 prisoners were kept in the concentration camp in Flossenbürg between 1938 and 1945. Around 30,000 of them didn't survive. The site has been landmarked for preservation because of its historical significance.
Death March Through Belower Forest
Former concentration camp prisoner Jerzy Milewski from Poland lowers his flag in the so-called Forest of Death in Below near Wittstock. More than 16,000 prisoners were led on a death march through the woods in the last days of the war. The men and women ate tree roots and bark to stay alive, though many never made it out of the forest.
Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
Over 150,000 people, mainly women, died in the concentration camp in Ravensbruck, many of them after the construction of a gas chamber in late-1944. The camp was liberated on April 17, 1945.
Jewish Museum in Berlin
The Jewish museum in Berlin, opened in September 2001, was designed by Daniel Liebeskind.