Hatred towards people of the Jewish faith. The Nazis abolished and destroyed all symbols associated with Jewish worship, stripped them of their rights, and subjected them to forced labour, confining them to ghettos and eventually exterminating them.
German term meaning “Labour Service” – This is the administrative department of the Kommandantur responsible for assigning prisoners to the various labour kommandos.
Subcamp – Nebenlager (sometimes) – A secondary camp attached to a main camp. It was usually smaller in size, located in the immediate vicinity of a work site (factory, mine, etc.) for labourers, and the prisoners were assigned to a limited number of kommandos.
