Gates of Natzweiler Concentration Camp
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On 21st May 1941, the Nazis opened the Natzweiler concentration camp in a place called Natzwiller, France (also Natzweiler).
Nearly 52,000 people from all over Europe were deported to this camp or to one of its annexes. 22,000 of them never returned. From the Netherlands 590 people were deported to this camp, 280 of them died in the camp.
ID: A gate constructed out of wooden posts with a white sign that reads “Konzentrationslader Natzweiler-Struthof,” next to a tower.
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Natzweiler
Editor's Note: At Natzweiler, Friedman encountered French prisoners for the first time. As a weekly "treat," the inmates were issued jellied snails on Sundays. Friedman, and some other inmates not familiar with this food item, would…