24 mars 1933 - Announced First Concentration Camp

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"That same day [March 24, 1933], Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler, then police commissioner for the city of Munich, held a news conference to announce the opening of the first concentration camp near Dachau, Germany. According to Himmler, the camp would have the capacity to hold 5,000 people, including Commu- nist Party members and Social Democrats “who threaten the security of the state.” Himmler continued, according to a newspaper report: [continues to primary source]" [Outlawing the Opposition]

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