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- Das Konzentrationslager Kemna war ein frühes Konzentrationslager im Wuppertaler Ortsteil Kemna zwischen Beyenburg und Oberbarmen. (de)
- Le camp de concentration de Kemna était situé à Wuppertal entre Beyenburg et en Allemagne. (fr)
- Kemna concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Kemna, KZ Kemna) was one of the early Nazi concentration camps, created by the Third Reich to incarcerate their political opponents (ostensibly in protective custody) after the Nazi Party first seized power in 1933. The camp was established in a former factory on the Wupper river in the Kemna neighborhood of the Barmen quarter of Wuppertal. It was run by the SA group in Düsseldorf. The purpose of the early concentration camps was to repress and terrorize opponents of the new regime, primarily communists, but also socialists, dissenting Christians, and trade unionists. Unlike later concentration camps, the prisoners and the guards at Kemna were from the same cities and in many cases, knew each other and were already enemies from the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and subsequent political battles of the 1920s. Torture was practiced and the screams of the men were audible to people living and working nearby, and severely injured men were taken to nearby hospitals, all causing word of the camp's misdeeds to spread quickly. There was a major release of prisoners in October 1933; those released were forced to sign a document promising to keep secret all they had seen and experienced at the camp, and were threatened with re-arrest if they disobeyed. The Nazis wanted the public to become familiar with the term "concentration camp" and regard it with dread, but worried that the excesses at Kemna and the other early concentration camps would turn public opinion against them and thwart their plans. As a result, the camp was closed in January 1934, just six months after it opened. After the SA lost political influence, reports of torture led to an investigation and eventually to hearings and the perpetrators given a warning. No crimes were prosecuted. After the war, the Kemna Trial became the first major German trial regarding a concentration camp. Nonetheless, the camp was afterward largely forgotten, with no research into its past and for decades, only two sources supplying most of the information known about the camp. In 1983, a monument honoring the prisoners who suffered there was installed across the street from the former concentration camp; the builders of the monument were forbidden by the owner of the property from erecting any memorial on the site itself. (en)
- Il campo di concentramento di Kemna era situato a Wuppertal tra e in Germania. (it)
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- July 5, 1933 – January 19, 1934
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- Wuppertal-Barmen concentration camp (en)
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- Main building, ca. 1934 (en)
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- Location of camp in contemporary Germany
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- 2500 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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- Friedrich Senger
- Günther Strupp
- Heinz Kiwitz
- Karl Ibach
- Oskar Hoffmann
- political, religious, unionist
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- Old factory building, circa 1934, used as concentration camp (en)
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- Bruno Wolff to the state's attorney, 1934 (en)
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- Main building, ca. 1934 (en)
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- 0001-07-05 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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- 1100 (xsd:integer)
- 2500 (xsd:integer)
- (en)
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- Map of contemporary Germany (en)
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- Location of camp in contemporary Germany (en)
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- Kemna concentration camp (en)
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- Wuppertal-Barmen concentration camp (en)
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- political, religious, unionist (en)
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- It is correct, that many prisoners in protective custody were beaten. The beatings take place mostly during interrogations ... Now, if the prisoners didn't want to say anything, then they were beaten, namely with fists and truncheons, sometimes also with a whip ... As far as the normal scope of beating prisoners is concerned, we have deemed it justified, since the official authorities, who at times viewed the beatings and at times took part in them, in part knew of the beatings and condoned and tolerated our approach. If in one or another case the mistreatment exceeded the normal scope, this was entirely the result of the behavior of the prisoner himself. (en)
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- Early concentration camp (en)
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- Das Konzentrationslager Kemna war ein frühes Konzentrationslager im Wuppertaler Ortsteil Kemna zwischen Beyenburg und Oberbarmen. (de)
- Le camp de concentration de Kemna était situé à Wuppertal entre Beyenburg et en Allemagne. (fr)
- Il campo di concentramento di Kemna era situato a Wuppertal tra e in Germania. (it)
- Kemna concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Kemna, KZ Kemna) was one of the early Nazi concentration camps, created by the Third Reich to incarcerate their political opponents (ostensibly in protective custody) after the Nazi Party first seized power in 1933. The camp was established in a former factory on the Wupper river in the Kemna neighborhood of the Barmen quarter of Wuppertal. It was run by the SA group in Düsseldorf. (en)
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- Kemna concentration camp (en)
- KZ Kemna (de)
- Camp de concentration de Kemna (fr)
- Campo di concentramento di Kemna (it)
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