FactGrid:Concentration and internment camps of the Second World War in the larger context

KZ Dachau

Screenshot https://tinyurl.com/2xsh26m9

Teams

• Historisches Datenzentrum Sachsen-Anhalt: Anne Purschwitz, Olaf Simons
• Arolsen Archives: Ramona Bräu-Herget, Alexander Wellhäuser, Sonja Nilson, Mareike Hennies
• AUXNET: Maximilian Kalus
• KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg: Michael Kempf, Timo Saalmann
• KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau: Andre Scharf, Esther Lindenlauf
• TIB Hannover: Lisa Groh-Trautmann

Projects involved

• Item:Q979697 Concentration and internment camps of the Second World War in the larger context (this page)
• Item:Q1061045 NS-Täter-Datenbank
• Item:Q780607 Lisa Groh-Trautmann, Gestapo.Terror.Orte in Niedersachsen 1933–1945

What we are trying to offer

• A geo-referenced data set of all camps that were run by the different nations in World War II - with a broader perspective of the preceding developments
• A camp typology (see en.wp)
• Authority control data for the set
• Incorporation of the list into the GND as part of the GND agency at the University of Halle

First queries

• Basic list, concordance of identifiers / https://tinyurl.com/2783sojr
• Ontology (under construction)

Maps

• All camps
• Types of camps (P2)
• National responsibilities (P1179)
• Persecution: target groups (P573)
• The 24 German IKL concentration camps / Table

• All satellite camps of the IKL system linked to the respective main camps

• Design aspects (like crematorium)
• Exemplary tracking of the career of Ludwig Plagge, with assignments in several concentration camps

Table data

• The camp commanders and their respective assignments
• IKL satellite camps, who is using their forced labour?
• The victims of the "Sonderaktion Krakau", 1939-11-06"
• All Theresienstadt inmates with the status of prominent prisoner
• All Ghettos

Network visualisations

• Employed in a concentration camp (connections between camps, generated by personel)
• Institutions signing responsible for concentration camps
• Satellite camps, who is using their work force?

Bibliography

• Print publications
• Online publications

Data integration

Zwangsarbeit 1939-1945. Erinnerungen und Geschichte: The ZWAR list

• https://tinyurl.com/22ulcak5 nach ZWAR-ID geordnete Tabelle mit GND und Wikidata-Nummern
• Map: all camps/prisons/labour battalions of the ZWAR research project