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Hainichen concentration camp

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Hainichen concentration camp is a concentration camp at Öderanstrasse in Hainichen, Saxony, formed on April 4, 1933, by order of Amtshauptmann Döbeln. Ortsgruppenleiter Georg "Zuff" Ziegler was the commandant and Friedrich Zill served as his deputy. The guards consisted of SA-Sturm 5/139, later supplemented by SA-Sturmbann II/148 from Colditz. Despite the nomenclature, Hainichen was an early concentration camp for leftist detainees. Its population fluctuated from an initial 50 prisoners to 144 by April 12, then to nearly three hundred before its dissolution on June 13, 1933.

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@misc{worldprisons-hainichen-concentration-cam,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Hainichen concentration camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hainichen-concentration-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-25}
}