Frontmatter
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAMPS AND GHETTOS, 1933–1945
General Editor Geoffrey P. Megargee
Volume Editors Geoffrey P. Megargee, Rüdiger Overmans, and Wolfgang Vogt
Contributing Editor Mel Hecker [End Page I]
A PROJECT OF THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Sara J. Bloomfield, Director
THE JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON MANDEL CENTER FOR ADVANCED HOLOCAUST STUDIES
Lisa M. Leff, Director
Jürgen Matthäus, Director of Research
Robert M. Ehrenreich, Director of National Academic Programs
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
Wendy Lower, Chair
Doris L. Bergen Aomar Boum Richard Breitman Ethel C. Brooks Christopher R. Browning David Engel Catherine A. Epstein David Fishman |
Alexandra Garbarini Zvi Y. Gitelman Dorota Glowacka Wolf Gruner Paul Hanebrink Sara R. Horowitz Laura Jockusch Steven T. Katz |
William S. Levine Deborah E. Lipstadt Michael R. Marrus Todd Presner Alvin H. Rosenfeld George D. Schwab Jeffrey Veidlinger James E. Young |
All art above from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Photos courtesy of Lydia Chagoll. [End Page II]
THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Encyclopedia of CAMPS AND GHETTOS, 1933–1945
VOLUME IV
Camps and Other Detention Facilities under the German Armed Forces
Volume Editors Geoffrey P. Megargee, Rüdiger Overmans, and Wolfgang Vogt
Contributing Editor Mel Hecker
Advisory Committee
Doris L. Bergen Christopher R. Browning |
Peter Hayes Michael R. Marrus |
Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS • Bloomington [End Page III]
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Dedicated to the memory of
Geoffrey P. Megargee
1959–2020
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THE WILLIAM ZELL FAMILY FOUNDATION
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FISCHMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF MAGDA WEISS
THE MIRIAM SCHAEFFER FAMILY FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF MAGDA WEISS [End Page VII]