German concentration camps explained

German concentration camps may refer to different camps which were operated by German states:

• Concentration camps during the Herero and Namaqua genocide
  • Shark Island concentration camp
• Cottbus-Sielow concentration camp in Cottbus interning Jewish immigrants in interwar Germany
• Stargard concentration camp in Stargard, interning Jewish immigrants in interwar Germany
• Nazi concentration camps, operated by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
• Other types of Nazi camps, operated by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
  • Extermination camps
  • Forced-labor camps
  • Polenlager
  • Transit camps (Nazi Germany), such as Drancy transit camp